“What happens to a society that cannot distinguish between reality and illusion?” (Hat tip: roryking) I know Carl Trueman from Reformation21 would appreciate this article. I don’t agree with every point, assumption or conclusion in this article (try to guess). But the broader, general points about American society being completely oblivious to the things that matter [...]
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Milton Friedman on Entitlement Policies
Nobel Prize winner of economics in the 20th century, Milton Friedman, explains in this old video why entitlement policies, while well-intentioned, are fundamentally flawed at their root. Really wish we would pay attention to even recent history, let alone distant. We’re a very short-sighted people.
Health Care, Fear and the Christian Life
Don’t Be Afraid – Russell Moore It is a sad day … no, not about health care. It is sad to see so many, I would even venture to say a majority of fellow believers (many possibly assumed believers of the verbally violent conservative bent) controlled more by their affections and longings for a temporal, [...]
Was Soylent Green Population Reduction Propaganda?
For those who are not privy to nerdy, futuristic dystopian science fiction movies, Soylent Green is a classic. By today’s standards, it’s an awful movie (maybe even by that day’s standards as well). It’s pretty bad. Regardless, the plot is of particular interest here. Released in 1973, the movie portrays a time in the future, [...]
In Copenhagen, Environmentalism is the New Socialism
Video: Copenhagen Cheers as Chavez Condemns Capitalism – Heritage.org Proud Flag-Waving Communists and Socialists March in Copenhagen to Stop Global Warming
Aldous Huxley on Propaganda in Democratic Societies
Excerpt from Brave New World: Revisited (1958), Chapter 4 I cannot exhaust the various sectors of our society these words apply. Huxley was prescient in his outlook. “There are two kinds of propaganda — rational propaganda in favor of action that is consonant with the enlightened self-interest of those who make it and those to [...]
20th Anniversay of the Fall of the Berlin Wall
NewsNote: Moral Clarity and the Fall of the Wall – Albert Mohler This day 20 years ago, November 9, 1989, was the day the Berlin Wall fell and Communist forces conceded their oppressive reign. I was ten years old and although I didn’t understand the full implications at the time, I can still remember watching [...]
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Hidden Horror of Abortion
We must confront this issue and abolish this act. To think that this is approved and has legal backing, that every day babies (little people!) are being killed for the sake of money and convenience, completely grieves my heart. Watching this video brought me to tears. It is of greater importance than probably any other [...]
Planned Parenthood Director Leaves, Has Change of Heart
http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/68441827.html (fyi, this is just a news station article about the director stepping down) If people really saw the horror of what an abortion procedure entails, they might come to a similar conclusion. Watching a procudure on ultrasound apparently had enough of an effect on the now former director of Planned Parenthood in Bryan, TX [...]
