The Left On Civility-- "I'm Glad He's Dead"

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/08/24/david-koch-bill-maher-rejoices-billionaire-businessmans-death/2107572001/

A sterling example  ...

1619 Project: Reviving King Cotton Myth

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/1619-project-new-york-times-king-cotton-thesis/?sfns=xmwa

Yet another case of ideology poorly disguised as history.

Like the original “King Cotton” thesis, the NHC suffers from its own ideological disposition. Though one sought to prop up slavery in its own day and the other condemns it historically, both build their evidence by working backward from the preexisting conclusion of its economic vitality. Both then advance the simply false assertion that this economic vitality was the driving engine of the antebellum economy.

The thrust of these exaggerations is to recast slavery as a distinctly capitalistic enterprise, which, in turn, services the 1619 Project’s political message.

End of Fall of Collusion

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/ball-of-collusion-book-excerpt-bogus-story-that-launched-collusion-probe/

The last in the series ... includes pointers to all.

The Democrat Plan That Failed

https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/08/ball-of-collusion-book-excerpt-hillary-clinton-ruins-the-plan/?sfns=xmwa

The first in a worthy series.

Dawkins Is Dead

https://www.spectator.co.uk/2013/04/after-the-new-atheism/

A worthy read.

Hillbilly Elegy Author Converts To Catholicism

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/j-d-vance-becomes-catholic/?sfns=xmwa

I really enjoyed Hillbilly Elegy and have often considered becoming a Catholic ... so saving the column.

Deport The Deplorables

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/16/opinion/only-mass-deportation-can-save-america.html?sfns=xmwa

A good example of "civility" from the left. 

Meaninglessness Has Consequences

https://quillette.com/2019/08/07/the-deadly-boredom-of-a-meaningless-life/?sfns=xmwa

In a godless world, the meaning substitutes are plentiful ... substances, sex, media, games, etc, etc. They all share the common characteristic that they don't work -- thus suicide, mass shootings, loss of civility, tribalism, etc.

The linked is is a good source for pointing all this out -- with links to some books that I will be reading.

Reaping What We've Sown

https://www.dailywire.com/news/50323/trump-calls-out-nyt-changing-headline-after-james-barrett?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro

The founder of the NY Times used the slogan "News without fear or favor".

Since the Times withdrew the headline "Trump Urges Unity vs Racism" and replaced it with "Assailing Hate But Not Guns", it seems that it very clear that the NY Times mostly prints leftist "news".

I listened to NPR for about 6 hours on Wednesday. If that was your "news", you would likely be completely convinced that Trump essentially pulled the trigger in the El Paso shooting, and be nearly unaware of the Dayton shooter ... let alone his leftward political leanings covered here,

The idea that the El Paso shooter was somehow a Trump supporter is even questionable -- his "Manifesto" sounds more like the Unabomber. 

The US mainstream media has been all about marginalizing people with any views that didn't fully align with the elite orthodoxy of Political Correctness dejour for a long time.  Reagan was maligned as racist, warmonger, sexist, etc., and the beat has just got more strident.

The difference is that the right now has an equally strident voice in Trump, and since he has a Twitter account, he is harder for them to silence -- though not impossible, (see Jeffrey Epstein)

We are now blessed with strident voices from both left and right, which would indeed be a blessing if we realized that listening to only one side will do nothing but create hatred and violence. We need ALL sides! We need to hear and understand all sides of issues!

Proverbs 19:20-21 New International Version (NIV)

20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,
and at the end you will be counted among the wise.

We removed God from our culture, we removed respect for life with Roe, and increasingly we are told that life has no meaning beyond getting what we each individually desire.

The wages of sin have always been death -- often young, violent, and very lonely. This has been known since Romans 6:23 -- sadly, we are increasingly reminded of this truth.

2 In A Weekend

https://www.dailywire.com/news/50253/walsh-mass-shootings-matt-walsh?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=benshapiro

Excellent article on the "why" of an increase in mass shootings.

Biden Swamp Wealth

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/08/02/joe-biden-investigation-hunter-brother-hedge-fund-money-2020-campaign-227407

The Clintons are just one of the most egregious examples of swamp enrichment at taxpayer expense -- but the swamp want's to "investigate" the tax returns of the billionaire that wins the presidency. Meanwhile, 100's of avowed "penniless" or "middle class" politicians become multi-millionaires either during or shortly after their stint as "public servants" ... see Sanders, Pelosi, etc,

Word is that BO is likely to become the first BILLIONAIRE ex president ... and he became president with like a paltry million!

BUT TRUMP!