Free speech is dying in the Western world. While most people still enjoy considerable freedom of expression, this right, once a near absolute, has become less defined and less dependable for those espousing controversial social, political or religious views. The…
Author: Rretta
Living a Normal Life Makes You a Threat
“We need a program of psychosurgery for political control of our society….Everyone who deviates from the given norm can be surgically mutilated. The individual may think that the most important reality is his own existence, but this is only his…
From Sphinx to Jinx
On hearing the news that Calvin Coolidge had just died, the humorist Dorothy Parker, whose wit could be pitiless, asked in mock surprise, “How could they tell?” Old Silent Cal, 30th President of the United States, the Sphinx of the…
A National Police Force is the Hallmark of Oppression
Allowing the federal government to insidiously take over local police departments is dangerous. And yet, that is exactly what the left hopes to do with several radical bills that recently passed in the House. H.R. 6448, the Invest to…
To Vigilance, Ignorance is Corrosive
The more woke society becomes, the less awake we become. The historical illiteracy that afflicts Americans in the twenty-first century is well established. Studies show that growing numbers of people, including putatively highly educated ones, are ignorant of what ought…
Preying On Children No Longer Just for Predators
It is not a conspiracy theory to say that the education system, public and private, is filled with destructive teachers of hate who aspire to crush inquisitive minds. At the 2022 Teacher of the Year ceremony hosted by the White…
Enviro Tyranny
An article titled “‘My Carbon’: An Approach for Inclusive and Sustainable Cities,” by Kunal Kumar and Mridul Kaushik, was recently published by the World Economic Forum. In the article, the authors laid out steps that were needed to bring the…
The Games Politicians Play
Democrat Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia wanted regulatory reform, in part, he claimed, to reverse some of Biden’s reversals of Trump-era reforms for fossil fuel projects. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer needed Manchin’s vote to enact Biden’s cash cow for…
Swimming Against the Tide
We must never forget that this country was founded by men who came to these shores to worship God as they pleased. Catholics, Jews, and Protestants, all came here for this great purpose. They did not come here to do…
Seafood from a Cesspool
For a healthy heart, doctors tell us, fish is often a better choice than meat. It’s leaner and lower in cholesterol and saturated fats. More importantly, fish is higher in omega-3 fatty acids, a type of “healthy fats”, which are…
The Constitution Be Damned
The freedoms in the Bill of Rights are being eviscerated. We can continue to stick our heads in the sand and pretend that the Constitution is still our governing document but, soon or later, we have to face reality. As Congress…
The Ever-Present Eye of the Government
The tragic events of 9/11 marked a turning point in our nation’s recent civil rights history. First the terrorists attached us and then, in the name of national security, we began to attack ourselves. It is almost cliché to say…
Digital Dictatorship
“It’s often said that you should never allow a good crisis to go to waste, because a crisis is an opportunity to also do good reforms that in normal times people will never agree to. But in a crisis you…
What Happened to the Church?
In the mid 1960s, pastors were replaced as moral authorities in the community and new-age gurus began to arise in their stead. I particularly remember Dr. Timothy Leary, who had earned his doctorate at Berkeley. Leary founded the League of Spiritual Discovery (LSD)…
The Left’s Vision is Bleak and Their Ideology Brittle
America as we know it is the product of the revolution of the Bible. But now that biblical inheritance is under siege. The woke Democrat Party is on a campaign to remake this nation. They want us to believe this…