Some of what I have been reading online over the past couple of weeks.
Why Laughing at Yourself is Good for your Health (NBC News)
The 3 Strange Wishes of Alexander the Great on his Deathbed (Medium)
In 20 Years Half the Population will live in Eight States (WaPo) This article came after my posting about “Why the Electoral College Won’t Matter Anymore”
What is NOT Taught by Progressive Educators During Black History Month (Daily Signal)
The Equality Act and the End of Females (Newsweek)
Shutting Down Free Speech by Targeting Newsrooms (WSJ)
Academic Freedom Alliance The mission, in part, “The Academic Freedom Alliance is an alliance of college and university faculty members who are dedicated to upholding the principle of academic freedom. This principle is central to the mission of our institutions for the pursuit of truth and knowledge. Our members from across the political spectrum recognize that an attack on academic freedom anywhere is an attack on academic freedom everywhere.” The WSJ post is a salutation (while it is mystifying that AFA is referenced as a “left wing group”).
Matt Walsh Blog. This article is anti-science drivel. Inane, misleading bullshit from start to finish. The people who advocate for putting males in female sports have no case. No argument. Nothing. They know it. So they give us this. I can’t stress enough how bad their argument is: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trans-girls-belong-on-girls-sports-teams/
If you want to follow the whole thread where Walsh eviscerates the empty arguments, go here: https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1372239617525739522
Protecting Women’s Sports, Nikki Haley https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/02/we-must-protect-womens-sports/
Cancellation: Amazon spikes another Book https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-wont-let-you-read-my-book-11615934447
Inspiration & Motivation Children w Special Needs Boston Marathon https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/inspirational-boston-marathon-dad-dick-hoyt-dies-80-76523472
Tommy Kiedis on What Stops You in Your Tracks https://www.dontaskthefish.com/blog/2021/3/17/no-such-thing-as-easy-street
Do We Shorten Something for Economic Reasons or to relate to the People & Culture of our Time? https://qz.com/1519823/is-spotify-making-songs-shorter/
FROM MY POST ON FB THURSDAY 18 March 2021 From a distinctively Hebraic-Christian POV, God is Sovereign. He controls all events. He is actively involved with all people, places, times, cultures, and events (Genesis 45: 5-9; 50:20; Daniel 2:20-23; James 4:13-15). There are no accidents or coincidences. Not luck, nor destiny, nor chance, nor fates, contribute to any earthly event (Matthew 6:25-34; 10:26-33; John 1:12-13; Acts 2:22-24; 4:27-28; 17:24-28).
Theologically “the human condition” (sin) is woven through each person. The heinous act of any individual is their responsibility. Cultural blame on external forces views the problem *out there* instead of *in here* (the person). One either assumes humanity is (1) perfectible and evil forces are external, environmental, biological, psychological or (2) both dignified (embodying God’s image) and depraved (embodying Adam’s choice), evil permeating our nature. One of my many mantras: “Environment (+++) may accentuate my behavior but is not the root cause of it.” The vile acts of individuals, institutions, or nation states begins internally, within persons. There is but one solution to an internal problem and that is an external Savior: Jesus.