Always Reforming

It's that time again!  It's that abysmal season when you can't stand anyone on Facebook and you can't avoid attack ads on TV and radio!  It's election season! This time around it's the Democrat's turn to put their best man or woman forward in an effort to unseat the Republican incumbent, Donald Trump.  Trump's tenure has been tumultuous, to put it mildly, but at least it's been entertaining!  The Democratic candidates are all framing their campaigns around one goal--defeating Trump.  Surging towards the front of the pack is the Senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders.  Despite, or perhaps because of, his idiosyncrasies, Sanders has gained notoriety, particularly winning the hearts of our nation's youth, and posing a viable threat to the status quo in the Democratic party. I am not a Democrat (nor am I a Republican), but I would like to offer them some advice, especially the young voters.  Don't do it!  Do not nominate Bernie Sanders.  "...

Well, ol' Donny is at it again!  His Twitter feed is ablaze with controversy, which is nothing new, but is nonetheless never a good look for the President of the United States of America.  I will say, that man is nothing if not entertaining! As social media sites and cable news channels light up with the story, it seems that liberals in Washington and in the media are intent on force-feeding the American public this idea that Donald Trump is a raging racist, cheered on by the inherently-racist, corn-fed hillbillies of the Midwest; but is that narrative true?  Are his most recent tweets proof of inveterate hate and bigotry? Is Donald Trump a racist? Please, I beg of you, allow me to clarify something before I proceed.  This is not a defense of Donald Trump as a human being.  I am not pro-Trump, just as I am not anti-Trump.  I do my best to assess his words and actions as subjectively as possible.  He is our President, so, as a Christian, I try to...

No. That's my short answer. Now for my long answer. The most recent political weapon aimed across the aisle in Washington (that's all it really is, after all--another way to perpetuate the binary party system we've created here in the U.S.) is the Special Olympics .  At first Trump's administration was going to cut funding for the beloved sporting event, but then Trump came through for virtue-signalers everywhere by overriding the decision and assuring that funding would continue.  Democrats had a field day, of course, with the funding cut, despite the fact that they support the "right" to abort children in the womb who have special needs. Trump's reassurance led to widespread jubilation as warm-blooded folks from both red and blue states united in celebration of the humanity of his decision, but it seems no one has stopped to ask a simple question.  Why, my friends, does the federal government of the United States fund the Special Olympics in the...

The midterm election cycle of 2018 was one of the more tumultuous in recent memory, which is saying something!  In the end there was only a moderate amount of upheaval as some new faces and new ideals replaced old ones and the House went to the Democrats.  One of these new faces, one that has been both news-worthy and meme-worthy, is that of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.  As has been the case with her face, her name and faux pas have basically been unavoidable for the last few months. Ocasio-Cortez's election is significant because her victory represents more than just the triumph of a particular political campaign in New York's 14th congressional district; her victory signals a new political epoch.  She represents the rise of a generation fully willing to embrace political and economic ideals that directly contradict the principles upon which this country was founded. There is much that is compelling about Ocasio-Cortez, both to Millennials and previous generat...