Introduction: Taken at face value, the phrase black lives matter is a phrase that no sensible person could differ with. Of course they do. Also taken at face value, the rejoinder all lives matter is equally true. Of course they do. The reason for the back and forth, then, has nothing to do with the …
Black Lies Matter
Introduction: Would you rather I had said that all lies matter? I will explain the hypocrisy shortly, but in the meantime, as a matter of fact, I have done such a thing before. But nobody listened ...
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How BLM Is Becoming “Black Lynch Mobs”
Two recent shootings of black men, one in Tulsa and one in Charlotte, have set off another round of racial turmoil, not to mention another round of Orwellian news and news analysis. So let us begin with some basic definitions. Protesters are those who assemble peaceably to register their views on something, or their insistence …
The High Price of Forgetting God
Introduction: To get right to the point, the high price of forgetting God is that God forgets you. And when that happens the descent into madness becomes tractor beam inexorable. And because we Americans ...
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Hellbent Education
An Outlandish Year: We have all been witnesses, up close and personal, of a pretty outlandish year. The tides have behaved the way they always do, and the sunsets continue to be glorious, and the meadowlarks ...
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7 Reasons Why It Is Possible for Christians to Vote for Trump in 2020 Without Getting a Defiled Conscience and/or Losing Their Soul
Introduction: Okay, so here’s the plan. We need to send Biden/Harris packing, and still feel good about ourselves afterwards. Can I get an amen? For some this might be a really tall order, ...
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The Tuesdaytudinous Letters
Letter to the Editor: So, I just wanted to say, I read Ride, Sally, Ride over the weekend, and it was so, so good. Like really good. I read Flags Out Front a couple months ago, and have a ...
Masking and Masks: A Hypothetical Interview
Thank you so much for agreeing to this interview with The Secular Outlook, particularly since we told you that no question would be off the table. Our people did tell you that, didn’t they? They did. And thank you for the invitation. And because turn about is fair play, it is only right that no …
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Letters to the Point, Mostly
Letter to the Editor: A couple issues back you shared a playlist (Americana), which I found kind of fun. While listening my way through I discovered some musicians I had not heard or heard ...
Discredited Down to the Ground
Introduction: So I am going to be writing about our discredited ruling class, and the rest of us who enable them, but I want to begin with a parable. The subject matter of the parable is not exactly ...
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