Religious Killing

“Does religious conviction provide a powerful reason for killing? Undeniably it often does. It also often provides the sole compelling reason for refusing to kill, or for being merciful, or for seeking peace; only the profoundest ignorance of history could prevent one...

Toxic Empathy

“Toxic empathy uses empathy as a kind of a mallet of manipulation, by which those in power and media extort people into taking a particular position by saying, ‘In order to be a compassionate and kind person, this is the stance that you must take.’ It says that...

Abortion: “A Woman’s Problem”

“Rather than neutralizing the disparities between men and women to free women from the burden of pregnancy—as feminists claimed it would—abortion has intensified the ways in which our culture treats pregnancy as a ‘woman’s problem.’ Abortion has not increased support...

Political Talk

Most talk is political—not in the sense that it focuses on government ideology, but in the sense of the phrase, ‘politically correct’. We talk to be comforted; we talk to assure ourselves we are not alone in the dark. It is political talk in that it involves a...

Abortion

“America needs no words from me to see how your decision in Roe v. Wade has deformed a great nation. The so-called right to abortion has pitted mothers against their children and women against men. It has sown violence and discord at the heart of the most intimate...

Pork Barrel Socialism

“Los Angeles approved a bond measure for $1.2 billion in 2016 to build housing for the homeless. They were told it would mean 10,000 units of housing for the homeless. Five years later, the city had only completed a fraction of them. One project cost $837,000 to house...