Please Don’t Feed the Animals
The Republican National Convention this year devoted a significant portion of its prime time schedule to women and minority speakers, many of whom are the equivalent of rock stars in conservative...
View ArticleThe American Republic at Dusk
In 53 days, just over 60 percent of voting age Americans will decide that either President Obama has earned more time “to fundamentally transform America,” or we need Governor Mitt Romney to take the...
View ArticleYou Don’t Own Me
I’ve been a user of social media since before the term was even coined. I was using GEnie and CompuServe in the late 1980s, and was a charter member of AOL when it was first released on the PC under a...
View Article“I see black people!”
There’s a line in Shakespeare’s play Hamlet which reads, “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” I confess that’s my reaction to the obsession of liberal elites with the topic of racism, which...
View ArticleThe Day After: Perspective, Reflection, Refreshment and Reengagement
Be honest; how many times in the past few months have you uttered the phrase, “I can’t wait until this election is over!”? I already confessed a few weeks ago that election fatigue had set in, and the...
View ArticleShould Christians Go Galt? Part I – Counting the Cost
As a longtime observer of politics, I am just a little bemused by the hand-wringing and navel gazing taking place within Republican Party circles, simply because every party that loses an election...
View ArticleAs Black As God Made Me
The recent flap over whether or not Washington Redskins rookie quarterback and NFL phenom Robert Griffin III – RGIII – is “black enough” reminds me of the importance of being raised by good parents....
View ArticleWhat Happened to the New Negro in Politics?
This past summer, I was invited by Shawn Akers, the dean of the Helms School of Government here at Liberty University and my boss, to present a lecture during his public policy summer intensive at the...
View ArticleFatal Attraction – A Message for 2013
As we approach the end of 2012, with a contentious electoral season behind us and a year of potential ahead of us, I want to try and address some strongly held notions in America’s black community...
View ArticleThe Restored American Dream, circa 2013
I recently read a couple of articles which, although they validated my skepticism about government assistance, also deeply troubled me. The first was an op-ed piece in the New York Times by liberal...
View ArticleOne Trophy is Never Enough
Mark my word, you will raise tax rates and you’ll feel good because you went out there and you got those rich people…You campaigned against rich people and you got enough envy whipped up in the...
View Article‘A Nation of Cowards’
Note: We continue to struggle with race in America, even after electing a black man to a second term as president, an event that has occurred only 21 times in American history. Although my book,...
View ArticleOn Guns, Err on the Side of Liberty
Note: The Center for Urban Renewal and Education (CURE) hosted a group of prominent figures from the black community on Friday, February 22, 2013 at the National Press Club to speak out against gun...
View ArticleHindering the Children
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these” (Matthew 19:14, New International Version) At a recent breakfast for our...
View ArticleUncharted Waters Ahead
As I sit here in the quiet of the evening, with nothing but my keyboard and a blank page on my computer monitor, I’m reflecting on what has been one of the most tumultuous weeks in recent American...
View ArticleBrave New World Ascendant
“O brave new world, That has such people in’t!” ~ Miranda, Act 5, Scene 1 of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. I made a comment recently on Twitter that, lately, I feel like an alien observing a strange world...
View ArticlePRISM–Is it Our Fault?
I’ve not commented on NSA’s PRISM program up to this point because, as a former intelligence officer and senior IT professional, I recognize there are many layers to it, and I wanted to address them as...
View ArticleSeek the Welfare of the City
“Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. Take wives...
View ArticleCan Changing Parties Change the World?
Most of you know that I spend some time thinking about current events before commenting on them, unless I have absolute clarity about them in my mind and heart. The news of state senator Elbert...
View ArticleThe Nation or the Kingdom?
I thank God that I am an American. Even though America has stepped on the accelerator in its rush to escape from God, I still love my country, and I honor its 237 years of existence. In practical...
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