The Distinction Between Sin and Crime
January 24, 2013 at 8:07 pm | Posted in Pajamas Media | Leave a commentTags: ayn rand, God, law, objectivism, religion, righteousness, rights, Sin, unholy
by Walter Hudson – PJ Media – January 24, 2013
What do we mean when we say, “You cannot legislate morality?”
Surely, legislation should not be ambivalent to right and wrong. Law builds upon the concept of justice. Is not justice derived from morality?
Sometimes, people simply mean that government cannot force us to be good. In other contexts, the statement signals a distinction between what is objectively wrong, like killing someone, and what is subjectively wrong, like swearing in public.
Whose Morality Is It Anyway?
January 15, 2013 at 9:34 pm | Posted in Pajamas Media | Leave a commentTags: Absolute, ayn rand, Bible, God, morality, Objective, objectivism, Right, rights, Scripture, value, Wrong
by Walter Hudson – PJ Media – January 15, 2013
A pastor visiting our church shared a story from when his children were young. The oldest was four years old, and the younger three, when their mother served them grapes on the vine. As they plucked the sweet fruit, the younger child asked of the older, “How does Mommy get the grapes on there?”
Summoning elder gravitas, the firstborn replied, “Mommy doesn’t put the grapes on there.
“The store does.”
Children have a wonderful way of modeling our deficiencies. While it is easy to laugh at the reasoning of a child, we ought to consider how silly our reasoning might prove if the whole truth were known. Indeed, if we cannot point to an idea or two which we have reconsidered in light of new evidence, it cannot be said we have grown.
One idea which I used to hold, which made perfect sense to me at the time and still makes perfect sense to most of my Christian brethren, is the notion that man cannot rationally demonstrate an absolute morality in a world without God.
Would You Meet Your Killer Halfway?
January 8, 2013 at 4:39 pm | Posted in Pajamas Media | Leave a commentTags: compromise, fiscal cliff, tea party
by Walter Hudson – PJ Media – January 8, 2012
Obstructionist. Intransigent. Obstinate.
These words among others, used in reference to the Tea Party and fiscally conservative members of Congress, bark past teeth bared in animosity. Critics of the Tea Party lament its uncompromising stance against proposals like the recent fiscal cliff deal. Content to tolerate mere rhetoric, these critics draw the line at standing on principle when it actually counts. NPR’s Alan Greenblatt places the Tea Party at a crossroads
In the coming year, the returning [Tea Party Republican] members [in Congress] will have to decide whether they want to continue practicing a politics of purity, advocating strong and unyielding positions, or accept that governance generally requires a good deal of compromise.
Believing in Christmas from Santa to Christ
December 25, 2012 at 2:55 pm | Posted in Pajamas Media | Leave a commentTags: atheism, Belief, Christianity, Christmas, God, Jesus Christ, Santa Claus, Skepticism
by Walter Hudson – PJ Media – December 25, 2012
I lost the argument with my wife. Should we encourage our children’s faith in Santa Claus? I was concerned that doing so might later undermine both our credibility as parents and our children’s belief in God.
It may not be a conversation that most couples have. Then again, must couples don’t include a former Jehovah’s Witness who was raised without holidays. As a child, I absorbed the cold hard truth dispensed from my parents. There was no Santa Claus. Other children’s parents cruelly lied to them. The privilege of knowing the truth served as consolation for receiving no presents.
Though I’ve long since rejected Jehovah’s Witness beliefs, my parents’ reasoning regarding the Santa fantasy lingered. Is there value in believing in something which is not true?
Are Young Black Men Rejecting Obama?
December 18, 2012 at 10:07 pm | Posted in Pajamas Media | 2 CommentsTags: African Americans, Barack Obama, black, gop, Immigrants, Minorities, Minority Liberty Alliance, Mitt Romney
by Walter Hudson – PJ Media – December 18, 2012
The number of young black men who cast a vote for the Republican presidential candidate in 2012 tripled that of 2008. Hearing this statistic, one commenter quipped, “Is this one of those situations where three times nothing is still nothing?”
No. “Nearly 20 percent of black males under 30 voted for Romney, more than three times what McCain got.” That according to Ann Coulter, who gets her information from Pew Research.
How? Why? Is there a growing number of young black conservatives?
Why You Should Take the 2012 Apocalypse Seriously
December 11, 2012 at 1:20 pm | Posted in Pajamas Media | Leave a commentTags: 2012, Apocalypse, Disaster, Escatology, future, Jacque Fresco, Mayan Calendar, New Age, Occult, Star Trek, Venus Project, Zeitgeist
by Walter Hudson – PJ Media – December 11, 2012
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World stands as one of the most creative scripts produced in 2012. Steve Carell and Keira Knightley play an odd couple united on a quest to reconnect with their respective pasts before a meteor destroys all life on Earth. Dramatically deviating from the clichés of the disaster genre, Seeking a Friend presents a doomed humanity that takes the apocalypse fairly well. While including requisite scenes of panic and riot, the film’s characters strive toward some sense of relationship in their final days.
We too seem to be taking the apocalypse pretty well. Our world hurls toward its scheduled end on December 21st according to predictions based on the ancient Mayan calendar. It’s something folks like Art Bell, George Noory, and their overnight talk radio guests have been warning us about for years. It serves as the subject of several books, a keyword of countless websites, the inspiration for a variety of B movies, and the premise behind Rolland Emmerich’s consummate disaster film titled simply 2012. After years of hype, the date approaches. Yet there is a conspicuous lack of panic.
Tread Upon: What’s Next for the Tea Party?
November 26, 2012 at 1:08 pm | Posted in Pajamas Media | Leave a comment
It’s this or stop.
by Walter Hudson – PJ Media – November 16, 2012
On the night of the election, once it became clear which course the nation chose, I received an email from a fellow activist with the subject line “1776-2012,” a pronouncement of death for the idea that was America. While many may dismiss such proclamations as sour grapes, reflection confirms more truth than hyperbole.
Consider: If the quintessential American idea is the one articulated in our Declaration of Independence, “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,” then the developments of the past four years culminating in the re-election of the most radical executive in the nation’s history is its eulogy.
6 Green Lies Threatening to Starve You
November 26, 2012 at 1:03 pm | Posted in Pajamas Media | Leave a comment
by Walter Hudson – PJ Media – October 16, 2012
Ain’t prosperity grand? We have so much to eat in this country that we toss nearly half of it in the trash. At least that’s the finding of a recent study conducted by a prominent environmental organization. From the Los Angeles Times:
Americans are throwing out nearly every other bite of food, wasting up to 40% of the country’s supply each year – a mass of uneaten provisions worth $165 billion, according to a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC).
An average family of four squanders $2,275 in food each year, or 20 pounds per person per month, according to the nonprofit and nonpartisan environmental advocacy group.
Among the study’s prescriptions is a call for government “to set a target for food-waste reduction” as the European Parliament has.
Paul Ryan’s Black Ex and the Art of Race Baiting
September 26, 2012 at 1:46 pm | Posted in Pajamas Media | Leave a commentTags: civil rights, Deneeta Pope, Keli Goff, NAACP, Paul Ryan, The Root
Congressman Paul Ryan’s ex-girlfriend Deneeta Pope
At the top of our list of “8 Ways Blacks Perpetuate Racism” was a particularly devious trick which black identity activists employ. That is the elevation of civil rights above individual rights.
Contrary to its sacrosanct place in our political lexicon, the term “civil rights” does not refer to an inherent good. A civil right is granted by the state, as opposed to individual rights which are derived objectively from the facts of reality. There is nothing preventing civil rights from conflicting with individual rights. When they do, it is immoral. Civil rights are only proper when they serve to protect individual rights. That fundamental ethical truth is all but absent from our political discourse.
Helping obscure it is The Root’s political correspondent Keli Goff, whose job entails processing news through the distorting prism of race. Upon learning that Representative Paul Ryan was the presumptive GOP nominee for vice president, Goff crafted a piece titled “What We Know About Paul Ryan and Blacks.” What we know, as Goff presents it, isn’t much. But we do learn quite a bit about how Goff and her ideological allies perceive both race and racism.
Ellison Communication Head Says Voter Fraud Exists
September 26, 2012 at 1:15 pm | Posted in Political | 1 CommentTags: CD5, Congress, Election Integrity, Keith Ellison, Matt Roznowski, Voter Fraud, voter ID
“Yes!” That was the answer given by Matt Roznowski, communications director for the Keith Ellison for U.S. Congress campaign, to a question posed to him on Facebook. The question:
Do you think election fraud occurred?
This according to a source with access to view Roznowski’s Facebook page. A printout of the post in question was provided to Fightin Words.
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