The No Kool-Aid Zone Blog
I don't drink the Kool-Aid. For Anyone.
An Open Letter to the Writers of Open Letters
Wayne Grudem. James Garlow. Wayne Allyn Root. James Patrick Riley. An anonymous pastor’s wife. Jefrey Breshears. Over the course of the past few weeks, I’ve read “open letters” (or the equivalent, if not so named) from each of these folks (all “Christian” of some stripe), all with the same theme: Donald Drumpf is a flawed…
The Idea of Trump
I was wrong. With regard to Donald Trump, I was spectacularly wrong. I considered Donald Trump to be a spectacularly unqualified, crude, amoral, fundamentally unserious buffoon, bereft of constitutional understanding or of any concept of how one might govern this country as president. I considered his presidential campaign to be a sideshow and a joke.…
Mike, Me, and the Death of the Republican Party
I like Mike Gallagher. Not past-tense, but present-tense; I think he’s a great guy, and while I’ve had my disagreements with him in the past–and said so on this blog once or twice, and at least once, pre-Facebook days, he responded here–I’ve been a long-time listener. He loves Uber; I hope I pick him up…
The Way the Conversation Should Go (Abbreviated Version)
Somewhere in a remote, undisclosed location, four Republican candidates gather under cover of darkness… Marco (or Ted): “Men, I think you all know why I’ve called you here today. We all love our country, and we all are know that neither this country nor the conservative movement could tolerate a “President Trump”. We, men, have…
Peyton Manning is the Greatest Quarterback of All-Time*
Today, I believe we will watch Peyton Manning play his final NFL game; in fact, given his obviously-declining performance, I hope today is his final game, particularly if the Broncos win the Super Bowl, as I will be cheering hard for them to do. One of the things that has long interested me regarding my…
An Open Letter to Jerry Falwell, Jr.
Dear Mr. Falwell, I watched with interest your glowing introduction of Donald Trump on Monday, particularly given your admission that Mr. Trump “reminds (you) of (your) father”, because “he says what he thinks no matter what anybody cares.” I can identify, to a point: my father taught me by example to stand for truth regardless…