If you value human life, you must vote for Donald Trump
In this election season, one thing becomes more evident every day. If you value human life, you have no choice but to vote for Donald Trump. Published December 6, 2019
Everett Piper
Articles by Everett Piper
Distinguishing between human sexuality and human ontology
This past week, a Facebook "friend" and former student, asked me why I'm so relentless in criticizing progressive sexual politics, and more specifically, why I persist in challenging "LGBTQ sexuality." Published December 1, 2019
What today's educational ruling class gets wrong
Education has consequences. Good education has good consequences, and bad education has bad consequences. Education matters. Published November 24, 2019
Church has stemmed the tide of evil throughout history
Cambridge Professor C.F.D. Moule once said, "The gospel is more than a declaration ... It is something which we do not merely know but experience." Published November 3, 2019
There's a solution to the cultural chaos: Doing good
In his book "The Great Evangelical Recession: 6 Factors That Will Crash the American Church and How to Prepare," John S. Dickerson argues that the church in America is dying. The evidence he presents to support this terminal diagnosis is multifaceted. Published October 25, 2019
American education and intellectually bankrupt schools
If you teach your children nonsense for decades, it should not surprise you that you suddenly live in a culture that has no sense. Published October 19, 2019
Millennials should practice what they preach
Recently, on the Australian television program called "ABC Q&A," Jordan Peterson was confronted by a young millennial with the following question. "What is your answer to young people concerning some of the real big problems facing humanity like climate catastrophe? Published October 13, 2019
How Botham Jean's brother, Brandt, rose above resentment and rage
On Oct. 2, Brandt Jean, the younger brother of Botham Jean, who was shot and killed by the off-duty Dallas police officer, Amber Guyger, shook the political landscape as well as our cultural assumptions of justice and jurisprudence. Published October 4, 2019
Denial of reality could become a Democratic campaign slogan
On Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump for allegedly asking the Ukrainian president to investigate Joe Biden. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy responded: "Facts be damned." Published September 29, 2019
Freedom is not free; it always comes with a cost
Someone else once said that freedom is found in knowing and obeying the truth: "You shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free." Published September 21, 2019
Why the facts of a constitutional republic must trump lies
In "The Silver Chair," the fifth book in "The Chronicles of Narnia" series, we find three main characters: Two children named Scrubb and Jill, and a Narnian friend called Puddleglum. Published September 13, 2019
Coddling college campuses and a crippled culture
Summer is over. School has started. Students from coast to coast have returned to their college campuses, and the nation waits with bated breath as to what will happen next. Published September 6, 2019
Ideological fascism at American colleges and universities
Once there was a prominent landowner who had a son. Even though the boy was quite well cared for and had everything he needed, he became restless. One day he approached his dad and said: "Father, I don't want to wait for my inheritance. Frankly, I am suffocating living under your rules and your expectations. Published September 1, 2019
Choosing the right path in contentious times
Reflecting on this classic poem by Robert Frost, I can't help but remember a recent political debate I had with a good friend and fellow Michigan State University Spartan. Published August 25, 2019
Human beings aren't defined by their desires or appetites
The July 27 edition of The Wall Street Journal contains a debate between David French (attorney and writer for National Review and columnist for Time) and Marci Hamilton (professor at the University of Pennsylvania and former clerk for Sandra Day O'Connor). Published August 16, 2019
'Joe Biden drowns'
This past week, as we listened to Joe Biden mindlessly shout, "We believe in [our] "truths over facts," maybe we would all do well to remember the story of Narcissus and my young friend. Published August 9, 2019
The abolition of women
If there was any remaining question that corporate oligarchs and today's educational ruling class now have near Orwellian control over all of American culture, this week's news should remove all doubt. Published August 2, 2019
'Do you really want an answer?'
More than 60 years ago, in "The Abolition of Man," C.S. Lewis challenged his readers to wrestle with the key questions of his time with God's natural law as the foundational premise; as the "measuring rod outside of those things being measured." Published July 26, 2019
Classical liberalism is the answer to the absurdity of our times
It seems that the one thing the left and the right can agree on is that our nation no longer enjoys a binding "cult" of ideological unity, common cause, common sense, i.e. sense that is common. Published July 19, 2019
When disagreement becomes name-calling
Standard fare for any conservative Christian who dares to open his mouth in the public square today is to be called a "bigot," a "hater" and an "intolerant SOB" for doing so. My experience is no exception. Predictable responses to my weekly columns often include comments such as, "You're an idiot. You are a hateful crank. You are an embarrassment to our community. You're arrogant. You always think that you're right. The real enemy of truth is people like you who want to impose your 'truth' on the rest of us." Published July 14, 2019
