Edwin Benson 
In its May 2023 issue, the usually political magazine Commentary published an extensive essay, “The Return of Paganism.” The article’s main point was that ancient pagan practices are returning to use and are embedded in many “modern” movements. Ancient and Yet Modern The article opened with an account of the so-called transgender … Read more
In August 2022, President Biden announced a program to relieve student loan recipients of their obligation to repay $20,000 of their loans. Unsurprisingly, the move was very popular with those recipients. Some argue it swayed the 2022 off-year elections. However, it was controversial because of its unfairness. First, the action was grossly … Read more
On November 14, 2022, President Biden publicly assured Chinese dictator Xi Jinping, “The One China policy, our One China policy, has not changed, has not changed. We oppose unilateral change in the status quo by either side, and we’re committed to maintaining the peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits.” Unfortunately, Xi … Read more
Has the United States Supreme Court decided that it is time to stop persecuting Christianity? Two recent decisions indicate that the answer may be a cautious “yes.” The Lemon Test On June 28, 1971, a liberal Supreme Court unanimously handed down its decision in the case of Lemon v. Kurtzman. At the … Read more
The Tampa Bay Times recently published an opinion piece by Miguel Cardona, President Biden’s Secretary of Education. The article’s title is deceptive, “As U.S. Education Secretary, I Want Us to Enrich Public Schools, Not Ban Books and Topics.” America’s public schools undoubtedly need improvement. However, their deficiencies have nothing to do with … Read more
About twenty years ago, a neighbor related a story from his youth on a farm in Missouri during the early thirties. The family’s only source of electricity was a windmill that recharged a battery. When the wind blew steadily through the day, the battery got enough power for three hours of radio … Read more
That long-time leftist journal, The New Republic, published an article on the current controversy over pornography in children’s books. It is a masterpiece of confusion. Its author, Melissa Gira Grant, must have little grasp of how the debate developed, or she is deliberately trying to sow irrational chaos in her wake. Flawed … Read more
Arizona, Arkansas and Tennessee ban sex change procedures for those under eighteen. Florida’s Department of Health officially recommends against them. Texas investigates those who seek such procedures for minors. Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and West Virginia closely regulate or forbid student-athletes … Read more
“Xi must be in a panic. His primary form of diplomacy is to intimidate others. If you’re going to have the world’s largest economy, if you’re going to be the most populous society, yeah, you can intimidate others. But if your country is rapidly shrinking, and that’s what’s going to happen to … Read more
The “woke” movement often specializes in rewriting history. Its followers cast themselves as the long-suffering victims of “structural racism” that are often the figments of their overheated imaginations. They commonly forget that their campaigns usually begin in universities. Usually, those universities were founded and paid for by people that the “wokesters” despise. … Read more