When people try to tell you that science and the Bible are in conflict, don’t believe them. Now, to be sure, there can be a conflict between bad science and good theology, or between bad theology and good science, but it is impossible for there to be a conflict between good science and good theology, […]
The regionalization that has appeared world-wide might be traced back to 1913 when a young revolutionary named Joseph Stalin wrote the short essay, Marxism and the National Question. The question posed was: how to do away with nationalism. The answer was Regionalization. (It’s on the internet in English.) Jean Monnet, known as the father of […]
We surely live in a fog these days that has nothing to do with weather conditions. On the best of days many are unable to see the obvious in front of them, let alone anything the least bit sophisticated. They are prisoners of a mindset, a swamp, so thick and so vast that they have […]
In a huge win for religious liberty, the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 today in favor of the First Amendment. The justices rebuked the Colorado Civil Rights Commission for their dismissive and contemptuous ruling against Christian baker Jack Phillips. Phillips had politely declined to bake a wedding cake for a homosexual “marriage,” on the constitutionally protected […]
Federal judge tells climate litigants to tally the numerous blessings from fossil fuels since 1859 By Paul Driessen and Roger Bezdek Judge William Alsup has a BS in engineering, has written computer programs for his ham radio hobby, delves deeply into the technical aspects of numerous cases before him, and even studied other programming languages […]
Oregon employers began receiving notices this week regarding the new statewide transit tax that goes into effect on July 1. The law requires all employers to withhold, report, and remit one-tenth of one percent of wages paid to their employees to the Oregon Department of Revenue. The money will go into a Statewide Transportation Improvement […]
As the lead singer for the punk rock band “Dead Kennedys” once put it, “if we really want to get serious about helping all the people living in the street…, we could just hire half the people in the country to spy on the other half.” Today’s FBI seems to have taken that counsel very […]
His security, DC bedroom and policies are legitimate and defensible, under any fair standard EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has been hounded lately by allegations of rich spending and poor judgment. While he could have detonated himself during recent congressional-oversight hearings, the former Oklahoma prosecutor seems to have survived those tests. Nonetheless, EPA’s inspector general, the […]
Misrepresentations by radical greens promote myths of GE dangers and organic benefits Across the globe, genetically engineered (GE) crops face opposition from environmental and organic food activists, who claim the crops harm the environment and endanger human health. How factual are their claims? The evidence strongly supports GE over organic crops.
On March 26, 2018, the Multnomah County Republican Party (MCRP) issued Public Records Act requests calling on the Portland Public Schools (PPS) to produce documentation of efforts to organize Portland students against Second Amendment rights. After a month, PPS finally produced an estimate reporting over 37,000 responsive documents, and seeking a charge over $15,000 to […]
