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Everyone is doing a great job of sharing clips of Francesca Hong, the current front-runner in the Democrat primary for Wisconsin governor. But what about the Tennessee governor? Some people are saying that Marsha Blackburn isn’t as conservative as John Rose or Monty Fritts. Are they right? Let’s take a look at the candidates and … Continue reading The most conservative governor of Tennessee:…
One of the few Congressmen with a perfect 100% score from Heritage Action is facing a primary challenger who is receiving a lot of funding from a green energy PAC bankrolled by a left-wing billionaire. I thought this was an important story to cover, because many Republican and libertarian voters love to complain about how … Continue reading Democrat billionaire backing Charlie Hatcher against Andy…
Well, this is the big story of the week, so I have to write something about it. Probably, no website has paid a higher price for reporting on inconvenient facts on topics like election integrity and pandemic deceptions than the Federalist. The Federalist is my first read every day. And they have a ton of … Continue reading What we learned from Rand Paul’s release of the #FauciDiary →
Recently, I have been meddling in the parenting plan of a friend who has a bunch of children, ages 5-12. She has been watching a lot of scholars talk about scientific evidence for a Creator and Designer, like James Tour and Stephen C. Meyer, and getting more and more concerned about whether her own children … Continue reading Building Christian Kids Who Can Stand Against Secular Culture: My…
I know that everyone will be talking about Trump’s prime-time speech today (Friday), but I always write blog posts the night before! So in this post, I just wanted to talk about Marco Rubio’s amazing speech opposing communism, left-wing political violence, and far-left extremist terrorism. And I’ve got the best clip from the speech, so … Continue reading Marco Rubio’s case against communism and…
My favorite book about the American Revolutionary war by far is called “1776”. It’s written by famous historian David McCullough. The part of the book that really stuck out to me was the Battle of Trenton. I think that this battle really defines the essential character of America, as seen in the decision-making of its … Continue reading For Independence Day, let’s learn about George Washington and…
One of the challenges of the modern world is this ideology of naturalism (aka materialism). If kids accept this ideology – which is just a philosophical assumption, and not a conclusion of scientific inquiry – they will lose their rational basis for morality, their grounding for free will and personal responsibility, their grounding for ultimate … Continue reading Discovery Institute has a sale on…
A new report on the UK child sex-trafficking scandal was privately funded because the UK government refused to investigate the child sex-trafficking gangs themselves. Why? Because they didn’t want to appear “racist” to the unskilled immigrant population they’ve been taking in. In this post, we will get a link to the report, some of the … Continue reading What you should know about Rupert Lowe’s UK…
I have to blog about this, because I was around during the time of same-sex marriage becoming legal, and everyone pushing for gay adoption. Everyone put these blue stickers with yellow equal signs on their cars and asked “how would same-sex marriage affect your marriage”. Big corporations dragged employees into sensitivity training. And then the … Continue reading UK gay couple found guilty of…
This post presents evidence against Mormonism/LDS in three main areas. The first is in the area of science. The second is in the area of philosophy. And the third is in the area of history. The scientific evidence First, let’s take a look at what the founder of Mormonism, Joseph Smith, believes about the origin … Continue reading Are Mormon doctrines supported by philosophy, science and history? →
I thought it might be a good idea to write up something about D-Day in order to help people understand some of our military history, and to put the spotlight on some real heroes. I don’t regard artists, athletes, dancers, singers, actors, or other celebrities as heroes. It really alarms me that so many people … Continue reading Meet four heroes of the D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6th, 1944 →
I have been reading lots of books about the World War II battles in the Pacific theater lately, and I wanted to write a post about one of the heroes I found who was the most compelling to me. You may have seen him in the old 1976 Midway movie or the new 2019 Midway … Continue reading Lt. Cmdr. John C. Waldron and the heroic charge of VT-8 at the Battle of Midway →
Once in a while there is a story that goes under the radar of the corporate news media, because it exposes the bad results of their “good intention” policies. In this case, everyone in the secular left corporate news media is in favor of open borders, to increase diversity of skin. (There is no “diversity … Continue reading UK two-tier policing: white victim of Sikh stabber bled to death in…
Despite being somewhat retired, I am keeping up with my reading on evidential apologetics and military history. You can always find out what I am reading in the “What I am Reading” page on this blog. Previously, I wrote a post about the top 20 heroic actions of the U.S. armed forces. The book I … Continue reading Memorial Day: the 82nd Airborne’s heroic stand at the La Fière Bridge →
Well, the last (maybe) episode of Knight and Rose Show is up and I’m starting to wind down the blogging and spend more time on my health, fitness, nutrition and playing all the games that I had been neglecting. But I’m still very active on Twitter. And I saw a great article on there from … Continue reading Bettina Arndt explains why traditional men are declining to date and marry →
Welcome to episode 76 of the Knight and Rose podcast! In this episode, Wintery Knight and Desert Rose interview our protégé Ella, a promising young Christian standing firm in her convictions in secular Europe. If you like this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. We would appreciate it if you … Continue reading Knight and Rose Show #76: Passing the Torch:…
I’ve put up a few posts about this new “The Story of Everything” movie that is available to see from April 30th to May 6th. My tickets are for tomorrow (Monday). Some of my friends went to see it on the weekend. One told me it sparked discussion about the big questions of life among … Continue reading Atheist responds to case for intelligent design in “The Story of Everything” movie →
Two of my friends alerted me to a bunch of recent shows posted on Sean McDowell’s popular YouTube channel. I always like shows where there are discussions of evidennce – topics like economics and science are best for me. Well, Sean has had a bunch of good guests on good topics. The key thing about … Continue reading Sean McDowell has had some amazing guests on his popular YouTube channel →
I saw an interesting post on Katy Faust’s Substack and I wrote a long comment to it. I sent the comment to three of my manliest male friends (police officer, and two software engineers who run their own very profitable companies). They said “publish as is”. And I also sent it to a female co-worker, … Continue reading Why social conservatives fail to reverse declining marriage and birth rates →
Something very exciting just happened! By now, most people have heard about the new movie about intelligent design in the universe that is coming to theaters on April 30th through May 6. Well, I’ve been telling people at work about this movie and sending them links about various discussions about it with the people involved. … Continue reading James Tour, Stephen C. Meyer and John Lennox discuss…
I must have given away dozens of those 3-DVD sets from Illustra Media that contained “Unlocking the Mystery of Life’s Origin”, “The Privileged Planet” and “Darwin’s Dilemma”. I wanted to send these to people as part of their “start doing apologetics” starter packs. Well, good news for my readers who didn’t get a set from … Continue reading Illustra Media’s documentary on intelligent design in the…
Welcome to episode 75 of the Knight and Rose podcast! In this episode, Wintery Knight and Desert Rose evaluate health insurance options in America, discuss moral concerns, and offer reforms to lower prices and improve quality. If you like this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. We would appreciate it … Continue reading Knight and Rose Show #75:…
One of the reasons why we have 50 states in America is so that we have 50 little laboratories where we can run public policy 50 different ways and see which way works best. There are lots of ways to measure which states are best: tax rates, cost of living, crime rates, school choice, energy … Continue reading The Best State: Tennessee designates June as “Nuclear Family Month” →
In the last two weeks, I have been gathering information about the problem that Christians parents face when they send their Christian-raised kids to college. Specifically, I met some excellent Christian parents who seem to have done a great job of raising their kids in private Christian schools and had good consversations with them about … Continue reading My recommended strategy for preparing…
Just last week, a new large-scale study was published about what happens to the mental health of adolescents who get transgender treatments. It was published in the journal Acta Paediatrica. The data comes from gender identity clinics in Finland. I waited a few days to see what the response from critics would be and it’s … Continue reading New study: Adolescents have worse mental health after…
Which passage of the Bible is the favorite of Christians who like to defend the Christian worldview? I don’t mean which one is most inspirational… I mean “which one is the most useful for winning arguments?” Well, when it comes to the historical Jesus, the most important passage has to be 1 Corinthians 15:3-7. The … Continue reading Why do so many atheist historians think that 1 Corinthians 15 is…
Welcome to episode 74 of the Knight and Rose podcast! In this episode, Wintery Knight and Desert Rose welcome Tyler O’Neil from Daily Signal to discuss the state of religious liberty and free speech in America. If you like this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. We would appreciate it … Continue reading Knight and Rose Show #74: Tyler O’Neil: Religious…
I saw quite a few interesting stories about free speech and religious liberty in the news this week. It’s always a shock to me to hear some Christian leaders say that Christians shouldn’t care about policy and politics. Some even say “Jesus doesn’t care about politics”. I can only think that these people are naive … Continue reading Bad news for liberty in Canada and Finland, but good news in…
Terrell Clemmons was a recent guest and guest co-host on the Knight and Rose Show. I noticed she has not one, but FOUR new articles on the Discovery Institute Science and Culture website. I waited until all 4 had been published to write about the series. It’s about the intellectual journey of J. Budziszewski from … Continue reading Terrell Clemmons and J. Budziszewski: Why smart people embrace…
Our next guest on the Knight and Rose Show is Tyler O’Neil, who is the senior editor at Daily Signal. It’s still in editing. Tyler is an expert on the SPLC, and monitors threats to religious liberty. Well, he had back-to-back articles this week exposing two different ways that the secular left showed their hostility … Continue reading The secular left’s hostility to conservative Christian parents…
I was already a Christian by the time I made it to university, but I had never seen the sorts of sophisticated arguments that could be presented for Christianity. Somehow, I stumbled upon a website called Leadership University, and that pointed me to a whole bunch of Christian professors who had written essays on a … Continue reading Physicist Brian Miller presents scientific evidence for God on…
Here’s an interesting passage of the Bible. What do you all think the practical value of this passage is? 1 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep. 2 So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers to tell him what he … Continue reading Bible study: the importance of truth in religion →
Welcome to episode 73 of the Knight and Rose podcast! In this episode, Wintery Knight and guest host Terrell Clemmons welcome Dr. Brian Miller from the Discovery Institute to discuss the evidence for fine-tuning and the multiverse theory. If you like this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. We would … Continue reading Knight and Rose Show #73: Brian…
There’s a big problem facing Christian families today. Thanks to decades of growing government spending and higher taxes, many Christian parents can’t afford to keep one parent at home to homeschool their children. Most of the Christian parents I know both work. So how do these Christians parents educate their children? Many don’t have enough … Continue reading Has Lipscomb Academy in Nashville…
I wanted to announce to everyone that there is a Science and Faith conference in Dallas, Texas coming this weekend. And there’s live streaming. I have watched all the videos from the previous ones. It’s much better to watch and listen to them than to just listen to them, because of the slides. Anyway, one … Continue reading New study: honeybee decision-making shows evidence of intelligent design →
I watched the State of the Union address to the nation by President Donald Trump on Tuesday night. I really enjoyed it, and thought it was an excellent showcase of Republican party priorities, as well as showing voters Trump’s vision for the future, heading towards the mid-term elections. I was shocked to hear that polls … Continue reading Trump’s State of the Union speech explains Republican…
My favorite Ratio Christi person of all is Eric Chabot. He works at Ohio State University. He is the best, because can teach on many topics, he gets the best speakers to lecture, and mentors the most promising Christian students. I could tell you so many stories about his achievements as a Christian. Anyway, he … Continue reading The best argument against Islam is the historicity of Jesus’ death →
On this blog, I’ve talked about how pushy the Transgender Industrial Complex is about pushing transgender drugs and surgeries onto kids. Usually, they will tell parents that if they don’t agree with transing their kid, then the parents will be responsible for the self-ending of the child. “Would you rather have a dead daughter or … Continue reading Colorado bill would take kids away from parents…
I’m always on the alert for new books that will help me get into interesting conversations with people about the big questions of life. The trick is being good on every topic relevant to the big questions. I’ve had to learn the basics of cosmology, astrobiology, paleontology, historical methods, economics, policy, investing, etc. And there’s … Continue reading New book by professor of mechanical…
Welcome to episode 72 of the Knight and Rose podcast! In this episode, Wintery Knight and Desert Rose explore the teachings of Jesus in the Gospels, to equip you to follow the Leader. If you like this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. We would appreciate it if you left … Continue reading Knight and Rose Show #72: Kingdom Priorities: Following the…
All the regular readers will know that I am often linking to news sites like The Federalist, Daily Signal, Breitbart, etc. And I also watch news shows like the Lotus Eaters (UK), Juno News (Canada), Steven Crowder (USA), Rita Panahi (Australia), and so on, to see what’s going on in other countries. I wanted to … Continue reading Christians and conservatives need to be very skeptical of corporate…
Exciting news last week for Christians and conservatives who are concerned about children being bullied into self-mutilation. A great victory has been achieved. The first ever lawsuit made by a detransitioner has succeeded. I’ve blogged before that the medical personnel who do these treatments and surgeries are only interested in one thing: MONEY. And when … Continue reading Detransitioner lawsuit…
I was thinking hard on the weekend about whether to pre-order another solo wargame, because the deadline was approaching. The new game is about the attack on the Merville Battery, and it’s designed by the same guy who made the new Guadalcanal game in the “Valiant Defense” series, which I did pre-order. I loved the … Continue reading Twenty military engagements that Christians and conservatives…
I recently found out about a new academic book published by T. C. Schmidt who is an associate professor of religious studies at Fairfield University, although he’s currently a visiting fellow at Princeton University. He has a PhD in Religious Studies from Yale University. The new book is called “Josephus and Jesus: New Evidence for … Continue reading Did Josephus know the men who sent Jesus to the…
I called in to the Duane Lester Show on KNIM Talk 95.9 Live to talk about my recent post analyzing the rise in left-wing advocacy among white women aged 18-44. I tried to explain what I think the root cause is, and what I think we can do as a society to address it. I … Continue reading My notes for my call-in to the Duane Lester Show this morning →
Welcome to episode 71 of the Knight and Rose podcast! In this episode, Wintery Knight and his friend Bonnie discuss the school choice and education reform with Keri Ingraham from Discovery Institute. If you like this episode, please subscribe to the podcast, and subscribe to our YouTube channel. We would appreciate it if you left us … Continue reading Knight and Rose Show #71: Keri Ingraham:…
Do you remember the episode of Knight and Rose Show where we interviewed Dr. Günter Bechly about the Cambrian explosion? We were talking about naturalistic explanations for the explosions of new information at certain points in the fossil record. I mentioned that one paper had argued that the introduction of molecular oxygen into the early … Continue reading New study: Can the introduction of…
I was asked by a friend to write something about what’s going on with leftist white women aged 18-44 these days. Everyone has seen the videos of these women using violence against federal law enforcement as they go about their duties removing violent criminals who should not be inside the USA. In this post, I’ll … Continue reading New poll: 61% of white leftist women ages 18-44 agree with…
Lately, I have noticed some Christians trying to attain an appearance of piety by claiming that it is more holy to not get involved in politics. These claims remind me of my early days as a Christian, when I would bring up C.S. Lewis and other easy apologetics, and people would act as if I … Continue reading Religious liberty and freedom of association under fire in Washington state →
Every time an intelligent design scholar appears on a popular show, I like to write something about it. We’ve been blessed lately to hear the case for design presented on Joe Rogan and Piers Morgan and Ben Shapiro. So, people are starting to learn about the origin of life, the fossil record, the structures inside … Continue reading Dr. James Tour discusses the case for design in nature with Tucker…