Rising Crimes
Kerby AndersonKerby Anderson Is crime on the rise? Most Americans think so. A Gallup survey last year found that nearly all (92%) Republicans and a majority (58%) of Democrats thought crime…
Shrink the Budget: Part Two
Kerby Anderson The Federal government has a spending problem. Yesterday, I talked about the problem and discussed two ideas Stephen Moore proposes to shrink the federal budget. The two ideas…
Shrink the Budget: Part One
Kerby Anderson The Federal government has a spending problem. That is best illustrated by the fact that the deficit this fiscal year will be $2 trillion. The accumulated national debt…
Less Busy, More Happy
Kerby Anderson Arthur Brooks begins his article by asking if you are feeling a little guilty about reading his article. He explains that we might feel that way because it…
Anxiety and Church Attendance
Kerby Anderson Ira Stoll begins his commentary by mentioning that Jonathan Haidt’s new book, The Anxious Generation, is currently the #1 New York Times bestseller. But he then adds that…
Demographic Winter
Kerby Anderson The fertility rate in this country hit a record-low last year. The total fertility rate dropped to 1.62 births per woman (we need 2.1 for replacement). But the…
Presidential Tie
Kerby Anderson This election year is certain the bring some significant surprises, and one of those is the possibility of a presidential tie. Dr. Merrill Matthews was on my radio…
Fake AI
Kerby Anderson Perhaps you have heard of the white high school principal in Baltimore who was removed from his position for allegedly making racist and antisemitic comments. I say “allegedly”…
Backlash to Protests
Kerby Anderson The Pro-Hamas campus protests could only last so long before some people in charge exercised some common sense. One of my cliches on radio is “common sense is…
Bigger Government
Kerby Anderson Government gets bigger every year, but how government gets bigger isn’t so easy to understand. There seems to be about the same number of federal employees, but the…