According to a Pew Research Centre Poll, Christians are the most persecuted religious group in the world: The Centre’s report on religious harassment in 2016 found that Christians were harassed in 144 countries, up from 128 the year before. The Centre reported that the number of countries with “high” or “very high” levels of government … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2019
A Nation At War With Itself
President Donald Trump has decided to cease cooperating with what he sees, not incorrectly, as a Beltway conspiracy that is out to destroy him. “We’re fighting all the subpoenas,” Trump said Wednesday. “These aren’t, like, impartial people. The Democrats are out to win in 2020.” Thus the Treasury Department just breezed by a deadline from … [Read more...]
Street Preaching ‘Should Be Made Illegal’
At first glance, I thought this was satire, just a clever comment meant to expose liberal hypocrisy. But upon further thought, I concluded that, no, this was not satire at all. It was meant to be taken seriously. I'm referring to a comment posted to one of my YouTube videos, which was titled, "London Mayor Cites 'Limitations' to Free Speech, … [Read more...]
Is America on the Brink of a Second Civil War?
How to Prepare for the Coming Second American Revolutionary/Civil War Since having the dream about the coming second American Revolutionary/Civil War, other national voices—both Christian and secular—have begun to say that we are in a civil war now. If we count a “war of words” and some violence, you might conclude that. However, we are still not … [Read more...]
The Truth About the British Empire
The British Empire was the greatest imperial power that the world has ever seen. It was also, comparatively, the most benign. The Commonwealth’s membership of 53 nations, nearly all of them ex-colonies, is testimony to more than the generosity of our international aid programme. Historically, most people around the world have been subject to an … [Read more...]
An Existential Threat to Independent Media
I’d almost ceased writing commentary except for occasional notes on my philosophy blog. Most of what I’d been writing seemed to fall on deaf ears, and I was weary of it. Plus, the need to start a business to ensure my small family’s financial survival has consumed a good bit of my time for over a year now. The Julian Assange takedown last … [Read more...]
What Home Schooling Did For Me
I WELL remember a day in 1982 when, facing a pilot selection panel at RAF Biggin Hill, I asked the officers if they minded that I was home-educated from age eleven. They smiled and said, ‘The RAF doesn’t hold that against you in any way.’ My basic village primary school had left me unprepared for public school. After a few days of … [Read more...]
The ‘Brainwashers’ Trojan Horse
A free society intervenes in parental choice with humility. Requiring children to be properly educated is, however, a hallmark of a civilised society. So proclaims The Times in a leading article applauding the Government’s proposal to require parents to register home-schooled children. The irony of its supposition that children are being … [Read more...]
Baby Shoes, Never Worn
Those words were Ernest Hemingway’s response to a question of what the most compelling story he could write in six words would be. Yes, many thoughts can be brought to my mind at those six words, but I think I am archaic and old-fashioned, living longer than I would like, in a world I hardly recognize – and I am only 60. I am sickened by the … [Read more...]
My Family Fled Communism When I Was 6. Now We Fear Our Nightmare Has Followed Us Here
Following the State of the Union address, I found the state of the nation surreal. I kept skimming past articles about the Democratic Party’s proposed economic stimulus packages, collectively known as the Green New Deal. They propose to fund unsustainable sectors like solar panels—which are already heavily government-backed—by targeting more … [Read more...]