Worldwide Government Sponsored Religious Persecution at Record Level

A new survey report issued by the Pew Research Center confirms that government sponsored religious persecution and suppression is at a record level around the world. The report, titled In 2018, Government Restrictions on Religion Reach Highest Level Globally in More Than a Decade, was published online on November…
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No Urinals Allowed

The Portland Building, also called the Portland Municipal Services Building, is a 15-story municipal office complex that houses government offices for the City of Portland, Oregon. It was built in 1982 at a cost of 29 million dollars. They are now spending $195,000.00 to remodel it. Obviously, older buildings need…
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Why Political Discourse Has Become So Contentious

Over the last two to three years, public political discourse has become increasingly contentious. In some cases it has gotten to the point that people are criticized, particularly on social media, for even being friends with someone on the “other side.” Take the recent dust up when TV star Ellen…
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Doing the Moral Math: Part 3

In this three installment series, we are examining the results of a 2019 poll by the Gallup Corporation regarding the attitudes of American adults on twenty-one specific moral issues. The survey asked the respondents to state if they considered various issues as morally acceptable or morally unacceptable. In parts one…
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