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III. BIBLICAL DATA ON HONORING POLITICAL LEADERS (KINGS, EMPERORS, AND BY EXTENSION, PRESIDENTS)
Holy Scripture: Honor and Respect Political Rulers [2-2-17]
Honoring Rulers: Biblical Teaching vs. Crass Political Bigotry [5-18-17]
Wicked Rulers Honored (Saul, Solomon, Nero, High Priest) [11-30-17]
Good Christians Can Support Trump (Amazingly Enough)! [7-21-18]
Are Trump & His Supporters Nuts & Evil? (vs. Mark Shea) [9-6-18]
More Biblical Evidence on Honoring Political Rulers [9-7-18]
Debate [?] on Biblical Honor of Rulers: Including Trump [11-14-18]
Debate on the Custom of Presidents Honoring Their Successors By Not Publicly Criticizing Them [Facebook, 12-1-18]
Trump: Like King Ahab? Can We Vote for Him? (vs. Dr. Edwin Tait) [originally 1-3-17. Re-edited with additions on 7-21-20]
IV. 2016 AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
How Close I Came in My Electoral College Predictions (92 / 93%) [Facebook, 11-11-16]
My Plea for Post-Election Unity (Written on October 4th) [Facebook, 11-11-16]
KKK & Kooky Karikatures of Konservatives (vs. Dr. Edwin Woodruff Tait) (+ Facebook discussion) [11-20-16]
Democrat Sore Losers, Race, & Political Unity (vs. Bernard Davis) (+ Facebook discussion) [11-20-16]
Nothing Whatever Disqualified Hillary Clinton (Listing of 24 of her Scandals)? Reply to Liberal Pro-Life Activist John Cavanaugh-O’Keefe, Who Voted for Her [Facebook, 9-2-17]
Did Women Vote Decisively Against Trump: Far More Than Usual in Presidential Elections? (vs. John Cavanaugh-O’Keefe) [Facebook, 9-2-17]
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V. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS VOTERS AND SUPPORTERS
The Streep Stupidity (Enduring Forced Non Sequitur Lectures) [Facebook, 1-12-17]
Should Presidents Ever Defend Themselves Against Calumnies? / Comment on John Lewis’ Hypocrisy and Liberal Rigor Mortis [Facebook, 1-18-17]
Trump’s Profound Ignorance & Stupidity (Dialogue with Deacon Steven D. Greydanus) [1-18-17]
Sky Scheduled to Fall Down in a Few Hours (Some Satirical Humor on Inauguration Day) [Facebook, 1-20-17]
“Trump Ain’t Really Pro-Life” [1-24-17]
Trump’s Character: The “Energizer Bunny” Issue [Facebook, 1-27-17]
Simcha Fisher is Now Comparing Trump’s Views on Illegal Immigration and Crimes Committed by Illegals to the Nazi Kristallnacht [Facebook, 1-27-17]
Defending a Person or Idea Against Unjust Calumnies is Not Necessarily Positive Advocacy of Same [Facebook, 1-28-17]
In 2020 Will We Be Nazi Germany Revisited or “Morning in America” Revived? [Facebook, 1-28-17]
“Hitler, Goebbels, Goering, Himmler, and Eichmann, working hard on the Final Solution” (sarcastic spoof of the facile and puerile liberal Nazi analogies to Trump) [Facebook, 1-29-17]
President Trump Never Heard of Frederick Douglass? [2-1-17]
Trump = Hitler? (funny meme and collection of articles on liberals calling Republicans Hitler or Nazis for 50 years) [Facebook, 2-10-17]
Statement on Never-Trumpism and My Own Qualified “Trumpism” [Facebook, 2-11-17]
Documentation of Outrageous Media Bias in Reporting that President Trump Supposedly is Going After the Constitution and Particularly Checks and Balances [Facebook, 5-1-17]
Trump Doesn’t Know that Israel is in the Middle East? [5-23-17]
Trump Can Do No Right / Radical Feminist Hogwash [Facebook, 7-14-17]
The Trump-Haters Step in it Yet Again! [Trump Supposedly Ignores a Handicapped Boy] [7-31-17]
Rhetorical US Nuclear Threats Are Nothing New At All [8-9-17]
Trump’s Inadequate Rebukes of Rocket Man & Neo-Nazis [sarcasm] [8-13-17]
Trump is a White Supremacist and an Anti-Semite, Huh? Let’s Look at his Family and his Appointments to See How That Holds Up [Facebook, 8-18-17]
Harvard / MIT Study: Breitbart News and Steve Bannon Are Not Alt-Right (see also the longer Facebook version) [8-21-17]
Holy Scripture on the Mortal Sin of Lying and Bearing False Witness (Something for Political Polemicists On All Sides to Ponder) [Facebook, 9-5-17]
“Rocket man” is the latest Trumpian trumped-up “scandal”? [Facebook, 9-20-17]
On President Trump and References to SOBs [Facebook, 9-23-17]
President Trump Told a Crowd to Boo a Black Protester; Therefore, He’s a Racist (?) [Facebook, 9-23-17]
Jeremiad About and Discussion Regarding Liberals Still Being “Mad” at Trump Voters After Almost a Year [Facebook, 10-12-17]
I Utterly Denounce President Trump’s Insinuation That Liberal News Outlets Ought to Have Their Licenses Revoked [Facebook, 10-15-17]
Does President Trump = Frankenweinstein? [11-20-17]
Trump, Tweets, Turkeys, & Melania’s Christmas Decorations [Facebook, 11-30-17]
‘Never Trump’ Conservatives Soften to President Trump, Hail His Achievements [+ my related Facebook thread] (Adam Shaw, Breitbart, 12-20-17)
Give Trump Credit Where It’s Due (Rich Lowry, National Review, 12-19-17)
Exchange with Karl Keating on President Trump and North Korea [Facebook, 12-22-17]
Heritage Foundation: Trump’s First Year Better Than Reagan’s (+ My Comment) [Facebook, 1-25-18]
LeBron Declines One-on-One Challenge w Laura Ingraham [2-18-18]
Vigorous Facebook discussion after Trump’s North Korea Summit Talks [Facebook, 6-12-18]
God’s Eternal Decrees and Our Voting Choices [Facebook, 6-13-18]
Good Christians Can Support Trump (Amazingly Enough)! [7-21-18]
On Whether the Anti-Trump Hysteria & Madness Might Possibly Lead to His Assassination (re a Victor Davis Hanson article) [Facebook, 7-24-18]
Trump is Attila the Hun, Vlad the Impaler, and Stalin [sarcasm] [9-7-18]
Lying Left-Wing Liberal Journalists & Ridiculous Media Bias [9-8-18]
Debate: Antichrist Traitor Trump & Cohen’s Testiphony (vs. Deacon Steven D. Greydanus) [3-1-19]
Debate on the Merits of Trump’s Korean Diplomacy (vs. Deacon Steven D. Greydanus) [3-2-19]
Why Document Severe Attacks Against Oneself, and Against Apologetics and Trump Voters (Like the One by Mary Hammond): To What Possible Purpose?: Reply to David Mills [Facebook, 3-6-19]
Debate on Trump Signing Bible Covers: “Sacrilege”? (vs. Deacon Steven D. Greydanus) [3-11-19]
Patheos Writer Henry Karlson Wastes No Time in Ridiculously Associating Trump & His Supporters with the Fanatical [Leftist, Atheist] White Supremacist Murderers in New Zealand [Facebook, 3-15-19]
“Certain” Russian Collusion and “Impossible” Notre Dame Arson: The Illogical and Irrational Tomfoolery of Our Odd Age [Facebook, 4-16-19]
David French’s Hit-Piece on Franklin Graham & Trump [4-28-19]
Explaining the Pro-Life, Christian Vote for Trump Yet Again [4-30-19]
Dialogue: Christian Witness, Trump, & Prudential Voting (vs. Deacon Steven D. Greydanus) [5-10-19]
Discussion on Whether the Mainstream Liberal Media Lost all Credibility After its Ridiculous Two-Year Fanatical Mania Over the Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax [Facebook, 5-28-19]
Potshots Sent My Way Because I Criticized Christianity Today‘s Hypocritical Savaging of President Trump [Facebook, 12-30-19]
“Warmonger” Reagan & World War III: How Soon We Forget [1-8-20]
Striking Similarities of Pope Francis Derangement Syndrome and Donald Trump Derangement Syndrome / Near-Impossibility of Rational Discussion [Facebook, 1-16-20]
President Trump: “Every human soul is divine” / Petty Nitpicking of Every Word he Says [Facebook, 1-24-20]
Dialogue w Never-Trumper: Is Trump Really Pro-Life? (vs. Scott Eric Alt) [1-24-17; expanded on 2-9-20]
Debate: Trump, Sexual Misconduct, & the Christian Vote [4-28-20]
15 Reasons Why Trump Wins Again in Nov. 2020 [7-16-20]
How Much Sin Disqualifies a Politician / President? [Oct. 2016 to Jan. 2017; arranged on 7-20-20]
Trump Did Not Mock a Reporter’s Disability [7-20-20]
Trump: Like King Ahab? Can We Vote for Him? (vs. Dr Edwin Tait) [originally 1-3-17. Re-edited with additions on 7-21-20]
Did Trump Call Neo-Nazis & KKK “Very Fine People”? [edited / expanded on 8-14-20: from material dated 8-31-17 and February 2018]
Trump & Children in Cages, Separated from Parents (with Paul Hoffer) [edited on 8-14-20, utilizing material from 19-21 June 2018]
Follow-Up on My “Trump Wins Again” Post [9-14-20]
Reflections on Trump the “Arrogant” Alpha Male [9-19-20]
Presidential Debate: Interruptions vs. Irreverent Incoherence [9-30-20]
My Electoral College Predictions + “Trump Wins!” Articles [11-2-20]
The Election at 8 AM ET on Wednesday, 11-4-20 [11-4-20]
Orange Beast Gone. Who Will Dems Hate Now? [2-14-21]
Trump, Sham Trials, & Misunderstood Analogies [6-3-24]
The Latest Asinine and Idiotic Swipe at Trump: His Mention of “Black Jobs” [Facebook, 8-6-24]
President Donald J. Trump’s Accomplishments List (Magapill.com)
VI. THE FRAUDULENT 2020 ELECTION
No Election Fraud At All? Read On [11-7-20]
Election Fraud: Conspiracy or Valid Concern? (vs. S. Greydanus) [12-10-20]
Ignoring And Ridiculing Election Fraud Concerns Will Not Make Them Go Away (Stella Morabito, The Federalist, 1-4-21)
In 2020, Vote Fraud Claims Were Not ‘Baseless’ (Michael Dorstewitz, Newsmax, 1-5-21)
Memorandum: How The 2020 Election Could Have Been Stolen (Claes G. Ryn, The American Conservative, 1-5-21)
As Congress certifies election, evidence of these voting irregularities looms large (John Solomon, Just the News, 1-6-21)
Time Magazine Gushingly Profiles The Successful ‘Conspiracy’ To Rig The 2020 Election (Joy Pullmann, The Federalist, 2-9-21)
Survey: More than 1-in-5 Mail-In Voters Admit to Cheating in 2020 Election (John Binder, Breitbart, 12-12-23)
VII. DOCUMENTATION OF THE EXTRAORDINARY ANTICS OF MARK SHEA
Waterboarding: Francis Beckwith vs. Mark Shea [1-1-15]
Waterboarding: Edward Feser vs. Mark Shea [1-1-15]
“Live Chat” Exchange with Mark Shea on Waterboarding [1-30-15; see also accompanying Facebook discussion]
Mark Shea, Lies, Bannon / Breitbart, and the Novelty of Facts [11-18-16]
“Lessen Evil” Votes for Hillary? (vs. Mark Shea) [4-7-17]
Mark Shea’s Response to the Syrian Air Base Strike (with huge combox discussion, including Mark Shea) [Facebook, 4-7-17]
Are Trump & His Supporters Nuts & Evil? (vs. Mark Shea) [9-6-18]
The So-Called “Trump Cult”: Exchange with Mark Shea [11-3-18, 11-8-18, and 1-22-19]
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VIII. LIBERAL MEDIA BIAS / FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION / FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
Discussion on Pervasive Liberal Media Bias [Facebook, 7-25-18]
Lying Left-Wing Liberal Journalists & Ridiculous Media Bias[9-8-18]
Political Polarization and Demonization: Reflections [11-1-18]
Old Liberal Moral Causes (The Post) vs. Tabloid Liberalism [11-16-18]
Discussion on Whether the Mainstream Liberal Media Lost all Credibility After its Ridiculous Two-Year Fanatical Mania Over the Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax[Facebook, 5-28-19]
C. S. Lewis: Criticism of Theological & Political Liberalism [10-22-19]
C. S. Lewis on Ubiquitous Media Bias & Incompetence (Some Things Never Change) [10-22-19]
G. K. Chesterton on the Incompetence of Journalists[11-26-19]
IX. CULTURAL ANALYSIS OF AMERICA
X. SLAVERY AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR / WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
Slavery as the Southern States’ Primary Cause for Secession [2-29-04, at Internet Archive]
Biblical Arguments for Slavery & Liberal Theological Arguments Against it [3-2-04, at Internet Archive]
XI. CIVIL RIGHTS / RACE RELATIONS / PREJUDICE / BIGOTRY / DISCRIMINATION
KKK & Kooky Karikatures of Konservatives (vs. Dr. Edwin Woodruff Tait) (+ Facebook discussion) [11-20-16]
Democrat Sore Losers, Race, & Political Unity (vs. Bernard Davis) (+ Facebook discussion) [11-20-16]
Jimi Hendrix Taught Us About a Colorblind Society [12-6-16]
Should Presidents Ever Defend Themselves Against Calumnies? / Comment on John Lewis’ Hypocrisy and Liberal Rigor Mortis [Facebook, 1-18-17]
Confederate Statues Controversies: Hypocrisy & Idiocy [8-17-17]
Trump is a White Supremacist and an Anti-Semite, Huh? Let’s Look at his Family and his Appointments to See How That Holds Up [Facebook, 8-18-17]
Harvard / MIT Study: Breitbart News and Steve Bannon Are Not Alt-Right (see also the longer Facebook version) [8-21-17]
The Mythical Racist Reagan vs. The Real Reagan (Sound Familiar?) / Liberal Race-Baiting Against GOP Nothing New [Facebook, 8-21-17]
President Trump Told a Crowd to Boo a Black Protester; Therefore, He’s a Racist (?) [Facebook, 9-23-17]
NFL “Take a Knee” Nonsense: Two Proposals [Facebook, 9-28-17]
Statement on Martin Luther King Day from this “Compassionate Conservative” [Facebook, 1-15-18]
LeBron Declines One-on-One Challenge w Laura Ingraham [2-18-18]
History of American Discrimination: from the Lunch Counter [9-26-18]
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XIII. CAPITALISM, DISTRIBUTISM, WEALTH, POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS, AND CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING
Catholic Resources on the Social Concepts of Subsidiarity & Distributism [3-31-08, at Internet Archive]
Random Thoughts on Catholic Social Teaching [3-13-09]
Biblical Evidence Against Tithing [2-4-09]
Mandatory Tithing: Further Thoughts [11-1-09]
Catholic Social Teaching & Myself: Brief Clarification [1-3-12]
On Homelessness & Soup Kitchens (by my Son Michael: 19) [9-10-12]
“Dialogue” on Obamanomics (vs. Bruce Townley) [3-1-13]
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XVI. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
Catholic Church’s Wise Views on Illegal Immigration [7-6-10]
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Biblical “Ass” (Donkey) & Holier Than Thou Anti-Catholics [2007; abridged & revised: 1-19-19]
Cussing Women, Chivalry, Etc. [8-24-16]
Salty Language = Being “Salt”? (+ extensive Facebook discussion) [8-26-16]
Simcha Fisher, Swearing, St. Paul, & Evangelizing [2-1-17]
Swearing & “Younger” Generations (Sliding Scales) [1-27-18]
Swearing and Sharing the Faith Don’t Mix Very Well! [National Catholic Register, 7-16-18]
Swearing & Post-Boomer Generations: Literary Progress? [6-17-19]
XXII. MISCELLANEOUS MORAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES
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Studies in Lancet and the Journal of Food and Chemical Toxology found that vaccinated individuals had more health problems than the unvaccinated. [link at Facebook, 8-24-22]
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