The No Kool-Aid Zone Blog
I don't drink the Kool-Aid. For Anyone.
Bearing False Witness
If you pass along emails that you receive from a friend, without bothering to take the time to check on the veracity of what is being said, you are guilty of bearing false witness. Please take seriously your responsibility as a Christian to “speak the truth in love”. There…I said it.
Mark Gubicza, Elizabeth Taylor, David Barton, and the Desperate Hunt for "Christian America"
Mark Gubicza was a slightly-better-than-average major league pitcher for a number of years. Elizabeth Taylor was, well, Elizabeth Taylor. David Barton is, or at least his official biography says he is, “an expert in historical and constitutional issues”. I was thinking about David Barton the other day, and I thought of Mark Gubicza. And then…
"I'm a Mormon"
Note: the title is in quotes; I am not a Mormon. The serious candidacy of Mitt Romney—whom I refer to as Flip Flopney—once again raises the profile of the Mormon faith, and now, perhaps you’ve seen the ad campaign featuring people from different walks of life, ending with the tag line, “I’m a Mormon”. Fine. …
What the Children in the "Occupy Movement" Need…
is to grow up. Do, by all means, take the five-and-a-half minutes it takes to watch this video entitled, “Three-and-a-Half Days”. As Bill Whittle puts it, what we see in the “Occupy Movement” is that the chickens have come home to roost for the (godless, intellectually-bankrupt, I would add) self-esteem movement. Hear, hear, Bill Whittle!
How NOT to Nominate a Presidential Candidate
Having lost, essentially, our national capacity for shame, it is hardly surprising that the outrageous way we go about nominating candidates for president hardly budges the needle of our national outrage, but an outrage, it surely is. Take, for instance, the whole primary system as it is currently constituted. Where do candidates spend their time? …