One Nation Under Darwin

![“Article](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/article-image-021209.jpg" ““Article”) Today is the 200th birthday of Charles Darwin, and evolutionists are celebrating worldwide that they are nothing more than bags of meat and bone with electricity running through them. “Praise Darwin from whom all matter flows!,” their doxology goes. The religious character o [...]

Pagan and a Minister Agree on Abortion

![“Article](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/article-image-021009.jpg" ““Article”) Tom Ehrich, an Episcopal minister and writer living in Durham, North Carolina, claims that the religious debate on the subject of abortion “is one best captured in shades of gray rather than . . . in black and white.”[1] Ehrich asks where God stands on the issue and then onl [...]

Popular Culture as a Worldview Wedge

![“Article](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/article-image-012709.jpg" ““Article”) The roads in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, are always in need of repair. In fact, anyone living in a city that gets large amounts of snow fall and encounters daily thaws and nightly freezes knows what I’m talking about. The snow falls and afternoon temperatures rise just enough [...]

They Never Said It

![“Article](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/article-image-012009.jpg" ““Article”) For years Christian writers have attributed the following quotation to James Madison (1751-1836), the fourth president of the United States, in hopes of supporting the often repeated claim that the Ten Commandments were the foundational law system of the early colonial const [...]

Scapegoating Christians: The New Nazism

![“Article](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/article-image-010609.jpg" ““Article”) The old principle: who does not work shall not eat, has been replaced with a new one: who does not obey shall not eat. — Leon Trotsky, The Revolution Betrayed (1936)[1] John Sack’s An Eye for an Eye is a disheartening book. It tells the story of Jewish revenge against their [...]

Economic Lessons from the 5th Grade

![“Article](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/article-image-010509.jpg" ““Article”) “The Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” – Ronald Reagan Jeff Foxworthy became famous and made a fortune with Red Neck jokes and comedy [...]

Who's Watching the Soothsayers?

![“Article](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/article-image-122908.jpg" ““Article”) For decades, the National Enquirer and other tabloids have published predictions about famous people and events. Few people ever go back to check on their accuracy. Here are a few from 1996: Jay Leno will lose his Tonight Show job to Johnny Carson. O. J. Simpson will become [...]

Let's Abolish Christmas

The Christmas season brings out the best and worst in people; it also brings out the ACLU, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF). In fact, Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the FFRF, states, “The state shouldn’t have a Christmas anything. It’s not supposed to observe religious holidays.”[1] I wonder if she really believes this. I be [...]

World's Largest (Legal) Ponzi Scheme

![“Article](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/article-image-121608-b.jpg" ““Article”) Bernard Madoff, former Nasdaq Stock Market chairman and founder of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, was arrested and charged with securities fraud in what federal prosecutors called a “Ponzi scheme” that could involve losses of more than $50 billion. Some of th [...]

Where is Gort When You Need Him?

![“Article](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/article-image-121508.jpg" ““Article”) “The 1950s were not all ‘Happy Days.’ The war was over but the aftershock was still very present. Post-WWII paranoia spawned from the fear of the new atomic age.” Movie remakes can be hazardous. Few can compete with the originals. Several come to mind: Goodbye Mr. Chips, Mig [...]

Get a Horse and Sterilize Yourself

![“Article](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/article-image-120208-b.jpg" ““Article”) When people are pushed to live consistently with their worldview assumptions, all kinds of revelations come to light. Toni Vernelli was sterilized at age 27 to “reduce her carbon footprint” and “protect the planet.”[1] If pressed, I wonder if Vernel [...]

Has the Ghost of Antonio Gramsci Returned?

![“Article](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/article-image-111408-b.jpg" ““Article”) Under the Marxists, education had to be centralized in order to reshape the minds of the young so that they could more easily conform to the new social and political ideology. The State would become the educator, the new parent. While in a Christian context, schools act in [...]

The Beat Generation Comes to Power

![“Article](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/article-image-111108-b.jpg" ““Article”) Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) defined a generation with his book On the Road and its “spontaneous prose” writing style. What was Kerouac searching for? What was he saying that gripped so many young people and sent them on a similar transcendental road trip? Kerouac never unders [...]

A Modest Proposal: Christians Should Support Abortion!

![“Article](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/article-image-110708.jpg" ““Article”) I offer a “Modest Proposal” in light of a majority of people in Colorado, California, and South Dakota voting down abortion restrictions. The proposal has been made by some that children are a burden. Population experts tell us that we are heading for critical mass where pop [...]

My 40th High School Reunion

![“Article](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/article-image-102808.jpg" ““Article”) The city of Pittsburgh**[1]** is the jewel of Western Pennsylvania. This wasn’t always the case. On some of its “better” days more than a generation ago, Pittsburgh was noted for its smoke-filled skyline. While the steel industry brought prosperity to the region, it also bro [...]

An Opportunity to Advance

![“Article](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/article-image-102108.jpg" ““Article”) The newspaper and news sources in general can be depressing reading these days. No matter who wins in November, America and the world are in for uncertain times. Instead of ruminating over the negative possibilities, Christians should see all of what will be coming as opport [...]

Just Preach the Gospel

![“Article](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/article-image-101408.png" ““Article”) In addition to those who are arguing for third parties, others are claiming that Christians have no business being involved politically. The following email I received is a typical example of someone who says no to all politics and social action: “Would you not see that the [...]

Setting the Historical Record Straight

![“Article](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/article-image-101308.png" ““Article”) I noted with interest the comments of John Manzi (”Secular Nation,” Oct. 7, 2008) in the Charleston Post and Courier and sent a version of this article to the editorial department for publication. Mr. Manzi contends that the United States was founded as a secular nation. The [...]

Gas and Government

Gary interviews Josh Bollen discussing the influence Christians can make through grass roots efforts by way of the Internet. They discuss the political left force of MoveOn.org and how they have been influential in moving the agenda of liberalism in America. Josh Bollen introduces his site Reagan.org, and how it’s effort is to push the republican party towards constitutional values once agai [...]

How Serious Are You About Winning?

![“Artl](“http://assets.americanvision.org/mediafiles/article-100708.jpg" ““Artl”) Third-party advocates are determined to maintain that they are making a difference. At best, they are casting a protest vote. Their third-party candidates don’t even register in the polls. Not a single state will be won. Not a single electoral vote will be won. John Anderson had more vi [...]