What are rights?
Let me lay this idea out there, which I will expand on in a later article: A right is inherent and inalienable, something for which no action is required of any...
Author: Kenneth Ballard
Contract from America and conservatives
As of late, there has been a growing movement in the United States calling for a "Contract from America", a play on the 1994 Republican "Contract...
Canceled debts and the IRS
Anyone who has racked up a lot of debt knows that if they go into default, they can be at the mercy, or lack thereof, of their creditors. For example, as a tool...
Cancer vs. abortion
In a conversation regarding the press coverage of March for Life, my cousin’s husband, let’s call him Nathan, made a comparison with the Susan G. Ko...
Scott Phillip Roeder
On May 31, 2009, Scott Roeder walked into the Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita, Kansas, waited for the right opportunity, and shot and killed George Tille...
Commentary on capital punishment
I am in favor of capital punishment. I will say that up front: I’m in favor of the death penalty. I’ve been in favor of it all my life; it’s not something that ...
A forgotten case on abortion
Typically when discussing abortion, many in both the "pro-life" and "pro-choice" camps tend to focus on the infamous Roe v. Wade, 410 US 113...
Don’t be narrow focused on health care reform
I work in the health care industry and have worked in the health care industry for the last 4 years, minus a stretch of unemployment. I first worked for a mediu...
Nothing happens at Internet pace
Tuesday January 19, 2010, in an upset victory, the Senate seat once held by John Kennedy and his younger brother Edward Kennedy went to a Republican – State Sen...
The United States was founded by Christians
One thing that always irks me is when atheists use the argument “this country wasn’t founded by Christians”. And the one thing that irks me the most about these...