If you had to pack a school lunch for yourself today, what would you put in it?
I've been talking with a friend about the resurrection of Jesus. What are your reasons for believing (or not) that Jesus actually rose from the dead?
What would tariff rates have to be to pay for the One Big Bill? (Please show your work.)
"Without a clear commitment to the common vision for the common good, evangelical and fundamentalist engagement in the public square serves neither America's interests nor their own." -Os Guinness, "The American Hour"
Without identifying any actions occurring in the current or previous presidential administrations, what would you say are the hallmarks or red flags of an authoritarian government?
"If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head. Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good." Romans 12:20-21
Gerrymandering is contrary to democratic principles of fair elections.
ICE detention costs run about $165 per detainee per day.
I got new glasses. My daughter told me, "They make you look like an owl, but not a wise owl- a stupid owl."
“There is enough of sorrow in this world, without looking into futurity for it. Hope the best. If it happens, well; if not, it will then be time enough to be afflicted, and at any rate the intermediate space will be well filled.” -Gouverneur Morris
Over the past couple of decades, presidents have been accused of exceeding their constitutional powers.
Regardless of which actions you approve or disapprove of, do you think the presidency should change or the constitution should change? (Or both, or neither?)
"Courage is not simply one of the virtues but the form of every virtue at the testing point." -C. S. Lewis
Pursue truth.
Today is my 20th wedding anniversary. I could not ask for a better partner in life.
The United States has the best and most reliable economic data in the world. Those data allow American businesses large and small to understand and respond to changes in the economy, including shifts in the workforce. Those data also allow policymakers at all levels to create policy that is more relevant and useful. These things cannot happen if the data are skewed to please those in power; that is exactly the reason why we do not rely on the economic data produced by the Chinese government.
Trump's removal of the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because he didn't like the data makes America less great.
I get to see my family today!
Who's excited for tariff day tomorrow?
What percentage of your friend group is Christian?
Make sure you're nice to somebody today.
"If all the different concepts of the true, the human, and the good are not to be privatized and excluded altogether from the public square, or alternatively if the public square is not to become a gladiatorial arena of special-purpose groups fighting to the death, then the task of knowing how to live with our deepest differences is becoming more urgent--not less." -Os Guinness, "This American Hour"
Joined Nov 2022
