“The most powerful forces in the world are invisible—debt, energy, and belief.” — Anonymous As I mentioned a few weeks ago, the next time headlines light up with Trump versus Elon, ask yourself: what’s really going on behind the drama? It happened again just last week. Trump accused Musk of…
“They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator.” — Romans 1:25 Last week, I watched footage of Billy Graham’s historic New York Crusade at Yankee Stadium. Over 100,000 people gathered to hear him preach, a turnout that surpassed capacity….
“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.” — E.O. Wilson This past year has been unlike any other. I haven’t left Southwest Michigan—haven’t seen any other part of the world. Instead, I ventured into a more elusive frontier: reality. Writing…
“The president reigns for four years, and journalism governs forever and ever.” — Oscar Wilde Dang, I’m so ready to smell the fresh air of spring, get outside in my gardens, work up a sweat running by Lake Michigan, and lounge on the beach this summer. As I write this,…
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos.” — H.L. Mencken America Is Cracking—Can You Feel It? Some see the tremors as natural; others suspect a calculated scheme. I see both:…
“I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.”—John 11:25 (ESV) in honor of Jesus on this Easter Sunday A Curious Experiment A few weeks ago, my son slipped me a chapter from his book about teaming up with AI to…
“A lie keeps growing and growing until it’s as plain as the nose on your face.” —Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago We are living through a historical anomaly. Unless we change course, future generations will look back on this period as Peak AI (Peak Asinine Intelligence), where one nation’s debt-backed…
“All warfare is based on deception” —Sun Tzu, The Art of War Last week, a strange video came out with symbolism and a chant that made President Trump look like the Antichrist to those who know the Bible. When I first saw the news, it sounded as if it were…
“The largest opportunities arise out of the largest gaps between perception and reality, expectations and reality, like where we are right now.” —Simon Mikhailovich Do you see what Trump sees in Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal? Born in Queens, New York, by a successful real estate developer, Trump has…
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” —Mark Twain I’ve started the year with really no idea what to expect but some kind of chicanery and some kind of aberration. I don’t anticipate the economy or the stock and bond markets…
“Outstanding, sophisticated, and mesmerizing…a spiritual intrigue similar to Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code.” —ForeWord Reviews