In 1875 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow penned the words, “Whom the Gods would destroy they first make mad.” An earlier version of this thought appeared in Sophocles play Antigone. As the classical Greek dramatist phrased it, “Evil appears as good in the minds of those whom God leads to destruction.” Either phrase could aptly be applied […]
I am alarmed by the hysterical attacks by left leaning entertainers, journalists and politicians against President Donald Trump. First, let me say that I am often dismayed by Trump’s intemperate criticisms of his political opponents. Trump is a counter-puncher, and he fights dirty. He is also extremely sensitive to criticism; and he is liable to […]
Journalists and television pundits often appear puzzled by the fact that so many American Evangelical Christians support President Trump and are very hesitant to criticize him. To them it seems inconsistent that these people ally themselves with a thrice married, philandering, rude, and often crude individual who often engages or has engaged in behavior at […]
President Trump often rails against what he calls “fake news.” Is he correct? Are most commercial television news broadcasts and major newspapers filled with falsehoods and half-truths? On occasion, Trump has gone so far as to charge that the purveyors of fake news are “enemies of the people.” Such statements by the President infuriate television […]
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