The Most Interesting Insult I’ve Heard in a Presidential Debate
June 28, 2024 The earliest election cycle I can remember was Bush VS Clinton in 1992. I wasn’t watching politics yet when Lloyd Bentsen said to Dan Quayle, “You’re no Jack Kennedy.” I certainly wasn’t around when Thomas Jefferson called his opponent John Adams “a blind, bald, crippled, toothless man who is a hideous hermaphroditic […]
Review of ‘God & Country’ Documentary
It stunk to be an Ephraimite in the days of Jephthah the Judge. In the biblical book of Judges, we read about how one tribe, the Ephraimites, insulted the Gileadites, who in turn fought against the Ephraimites and captured the entrances back into their territory. One thing to keep in mind about the Ephraimites was […]
Biden, Trump, and Other Urgent Things That Come Up
May 2, 2020 “But I thought you said you would [fill-in-the-blank].” “Something important came up. It was [fill-in-the-blank]. Sorry.” Throughout life, you’ll fill in these blanks. And when you look at what you’ve filled in, you come to understand what people really value. *** Psalm 14 offends me. Well, first it offends atheists. But just […]
