Schroeder’s Corner
When Reason Leaves The Room
A recent “tweet” from wretchardthecat reads, in part, “The real emotional fuel for Trump hatred is only partly fueled by logical disagreement. Most of it comes from his choice of furniture, design of ballroom, the ghastly red caterpillar cap,…
Where To Look – The Hugh Hewitt Show
Each Sunday I wake up and reflect on how churches are indeed growing with young people in this time when far too often God seems to be missing from our midst. But then some Sundays I wake up and read stories like this, “Pastor Clive Johnston,…
One Of The Bigger Reasons Our Politics Have Grown So Bad
This week’s appearance of Noah Rothman featured a discussion of why would anyone enter politics these days? It’s worth a listen, but the discussion occurs without acknowledging what may be the central fact of the matter. To understand what I am…
Bureaucratic Tyranny – The Hugh Hewitt Show
We tend to think about tyranny in monolithic terms. That a single individual, or consortium of individuals, rule tyrannically over a peoples. But I think in modern America we have invented a new type of tyranny – a tyranny of multiple and…
Normal Is Not What We Think It Is
Two unrelated stories that have been floating all week make very clear that human normality is not at all like we think it is, and especially what we wish it is. In the past week I have encountered two pieces calling for the president to resume…
From A Source Of Good To A Source Of Evil
On Monday, The Free Press published a piece by Kat Rosenfield on “suicidal empathy.” She describes the term as “politically loaded,” but it is also useful to understand a lot of why denominationalism is dead in America. Here is how Rosenfield…
The Efforts To Create A Hantavirus Firestorm.
They played politics with covid and things got expensive, inflationary and stupid. But Trump was not reelected, so the Trump-hating-obsessed thought it worth the price. (Is it any wonder that increasingly people on the far left think political…
Are We Entering A True Danger Zone?
On Saturday we looked briefly at a piece on how the Far Left has used the internet and small donations to capture the Democratic Party. On Sunday we looked at a recent commencement address from Nancy Pelosi and just how over-the-top…
How To Ultimately Win The Argument
Nancy Pelosi gave a commencement address. Nothing unusual about that. The speech has; however, become a bit controversial. There is a good political reason why. But there is also an undiscussed religious one. Pelosi went after Trump as an…
A Reason For Pessimism
Katie Porter. Remember her? She is still in the California gubernatorial race, but like a race car after a disastrous pit stop, she is in the the back of the field. Her crime was cursing a staffer on a video call and it went viral. It seems…