Need to dismantle the Federal Department of Education, keep all of the money away from the states and give vouchers to every American citizen (citizens only), while growing strong trade programs where High School vouchers can be used. Create a capable and competent people. Also make a several month study of the constitution and the way the government was intended to work a requirement to get the voucher money. Hillsdale can set the standards. No they don't actually teach that in most government classes, it is mostly a wasted class.
Let's call spades, spades, Mona...for MANY generations American "Teachers Colleges" brainwash (marinated is an apt term) future teachers in MARXISM which is exactly what so-called "Woke" is, then those "Marxified" teachers spread the mental poison of Karl Marx and Frederich Engels into the WIDE OPEN young minds in K - 12 and on into "higher education."
Recall that the "Marxified" 60s generation of "student radicals" became politicians, judges, community organizers, writers, actors and journalists that have infested and infected virtually EVERY institution extant now in 2024 AD.
Until and unless the entire (existing) academic structure in the USA is totally deconstructed and a major reformation transpires, NOTHING will change.
I have teaching licenses, but I first received them in 1982. Yes, I am 65 and now retired. But, I am not blind or stupid and 3 years ago when I retired, I had witnessed for years the demise of the educational system. However, teachers have no control over what happens in schools. We have bosses and rules that we have to follow. New "cuuriculum" is introduced and we have to teach it. There are also things we are told we can't teach. The system needs to return to indiviual desks (not table with 4 seats), textbooks, paper, pencils, library books and book reports, and most importantly geography, history, and government. Students no longer need to pass a "constitution" test to graduate - when that went away, so did government study.
I have wondered about Elon Musk. He took the Constitution class in order to become an American citizen, he and other immigrants are learning the Constitution, but our own citizens are not. Maybe that is why Elon and most other immigrants are MAGA.
I hear Costco, Walmart and In-N-Out are hiring. Problem solved. If those don't work for them, then maybe some field work or ditch digging would suit them better.
It wasn't that long ago everyone was poking fun of the woke graduates, claiming they could not find work. However, the woke graduates have created a job market especially for themselves. Consider HR departments and Haymarket Books.
Well those woke graduates didn't create anything of real value and their job market is imploding. That is a big part of what the fight against the deep state is about, a bunch of people who will not be able to earn anything close to the living they've had sucking on the tax payers teet. They don't want to compete for jobs and actually have to provide value for a paycheck.
Tell me about it. I have a granddaughter in a university education program that will graduate this year. She appears to be a militant lesbian and will go on to get her masters in education next year. Or I should say her masters in DEI.
Businesses were hiring DEI experts for their HR departments. Not sure if they still have openings. Another option is writing DEI material for Haymarket Books.
It wasn't that long ago everyone was poking fun of the woke graduates, claiming they could not find work. However, the woke graduates have created a job market especially for themselves.
Find retired teachers in your area, and pay them to mentor you as your children's teacher! Even better, create a homeschool group, so this one teacher can mentor several parents!
DeSantis's voucher program in FL is the model for the USA. Each parent gets $8k to use at private school or for homeschooling if they choose not to use public schools, where wokeness is banned. It's almost utopia here.
I started complaining about my grade school education after about 2 years. I routinely mourn the things I did not learn, the books I did not read. I agree that trade programs are necessary, and . . . of course, what the Constitution really said and how it has been violated. I never read those classic books, as as soon as I graduated college I got a job which became the beginning of a 40 year career and I devoted my spare time to mastering my new craft. After 2020 I took up reading books about health, medicine, and covid. And now I read Substack.
The totality of the DEI issue, and religious freedom have a lot to do with the 2024 election results. Gender dysphoria was turned into fast profit, as is the obesity issue, leading to unethical treatments.
Since you are "top first" I thought I would share a little personal experience with my transgender grandchild. I haven't seen any comments from first hand experience. The story is too long to delve into here and I have spoken about it here and there from way early posts. Her change to a male persona took years of therapy from many different avenues, truly frightened days and nights on suicide watch from her parents and many questions to know the risks of hormone injections and no mastectomy, but liposuction and no "bottom" surgery. This wasn't an easy time, for years, for anyone. Call it BS if you want, but I am here to tell you this whole process is no walk in the park.
As you may know my wife works in an OR at a major hospital, I’ll leave it at that for now. She was scheduled to work yesterday,Wednesday, and has been dreading it being the day after Election Day. Well the stars aligned and as we all know Trump won. I will add she was forced through DEI brainwashing through her work also. So at work yesterday she had called me a couple times telling me how crazy things in work were. There were two nurses sobbing, tears and all flowing. Many were openly saying they can’t believe anyone would vote for HIM. They were saying that people that worked there, right in the room they were in voted for HIM. My wife is not a person that typically stays quiet. Believe it or not nearly every nurse in an OR room is 100% focused on the safety of the patient period. So needless to say when you have a majority of nurses working in an OR with a tiny child on the table, spewing threatening hate out loud so that anyone in listening area can hear them it is a serious safety issue not only to other nurses but especially to the patient. It was so bad yesterday that two of the nurses sobbing asked to go home which they did. You would think these would be young recently graduated nurses, but one of the women was 62 years old and takes charge about once a week. My wife called me this morning in near tears sitting in the parking lot worried she was going to have it out with this women and in the future if she wasn’t fired be stuck in the most horrible cases as revenge.
The reason my wife is so upset is these liberal nurses were creating an unsafe environment for the patient do to there inability to deal with life. My wife mostly keeps to herself but she did vote for Trump and felt threatened by these nurses, maybe not physically but in a retribution type way.
Is it not a microcosm of what we see today. Our country is being destroyed because of peoples feelings and political beliefs. America wasn’t built by weakness. The more we allow these progressives to take control eventually we will have no ability to help others not even ourselves. We have had to deal with four years of a president that took showers with his own daughter I think these progressives can deal with lower gas prices and cheaper energy costs!!!J.Goodrich
Yes they are. I got into a wasted discussion on fb with someone who hated Trump said I was full of bs when I said voting Democrat was voting for transgender medicine and surgery for children without parental approval. They didn't have a clue what their party is pushing and refuse to even research anything. That's the real problem - they refuse to even research truth. The hardest thing the last 8 years has been realizing almost half this country doesn't even recognize evil when it's right in front of their face.
I'm so sorry for your wife's trials at work and pray they get better or that the Lord open a new door for her. 🙏🏼
I realized after Helene hit my neighborhood in Aiken SC and I discovered a 79 year old lady in my neighborhood had been alone for 5 days without power and was running out of food until she finally called out the window to someone walking on the sidewalk and asked if she would come and talk to her. After she talked with her she walked around to where I lived and told me about her and it broke my heart and I immediately went to help and continue to do so as she has no one, no car or transportation, she has no Doctor Nor vet for her dog and she has syncope causing fainting etc. She sets and watches TV all day and CNN for NEWS and she used to always vote and if she had wanted to vote, she would have voted for KH. Many older people have totally been brainwashed just because they've been democrates all there lives or watched CNN and don't realize it's not the same party today and hasn't been for a long time but CNN is truth to them. It's sad but good that they can't get out to vote. But that's why the democrats prey on them. At almost 82 I'm thankful I'm healthy and still have my faith and family and work to do, but some don't have that and it is sad. At 82 I've told my new friend year that taking care of a 79 year old is like the blind leading the blind but God brought me into her life for a purpose and He will supply my every need to do so. Thank you for all you are doing to open the eyes on what has happened the last difficult years of government overreach. I brighter day is coming 👑✝️🙌✝️👑
Your story sounds so familiar to ours with our next door neighbor here in WA. Our neighbor is 86, lives on her own, has one friend that visits her everyday (which is so sweet), but watches nothing but CNN all day long. She goes to church every Sunday but her church is now half pro-trans and is falling apart. Half of the church (one of the oldest, largest churches here), including several assistant pastors, just walked out a few months ago. She still attends, but is heart broken because she doesn't agree with many of the decisions they are making. She wants to love on the alphabet people, as do many of us who have been redeemed from our junk, but she doesn't want to agree that its ok to live in it and glorify it.
All that said, she told me she was having a hard time and was thinking she was going to vote for KH. Its so sad how the media has this brain-hold on so many older folk. To have the strength to research for truth, to face opposition, isn't there like it used to be. It takes energy to go against the grain of our world and culture. Sadly, many elders over 70 are losing that energy. I hope and pray she had the strength to follow her conscience, hear her guardian angel's prompts, and feel the tug of God's Spirit. We sometimes lose that ability, or sensation, if we've been focusing on our fleshly sensations for too long (hunger, touch, smell, sight, etc.). I think that's why Jesus told people to fast often. It helps shut down all of those earthly noises and to hear or feel the spiritual stuff easier. I highly recommend fasting if you feel your ability to feel or sense spiritual things are at an all time low. Reading. Praying. Worship. All kinds of things help open up "windows into the heavenlies."
What a lovely upbeat attitude, I am not quite 82, that's next year so it was encouraging to read what you had to say. The thing which gets me is, I became a follower of the Saviour when I was 32 having had no Christian upbringing, therefore I have enormous difficulty in understanding how anybody who knows Him can be so lukewarm. Did you know there was a poll taken of white evangelicals to find out how many voted - not who they voted for, just how many voted. It was 22% doesn't that just stink? I find it totally incomprehensible but then I know full well what I was 'saved' from!
Its heartbreaking Julia! I'm encouraged to hear you're still a fighter! Keep up the prayers and the good work! You are being used until the day you take your last breathe!
The missing word here is discipline. We have largely expunged it from our daily existence. Kids today call teachers by their first name. So no surprise little respect shown them by so many. Self discipline today about as uncommon as common sense. We miss it badly.
It’s funny Dr. Nash how people don’t like when you bring up the truth written by Joe Biden’s daughter with her own hand about her father taking showers with her as she says of a sexual nature and how it messed up her life really badly. So I don’t expect many likes because people like to avoid such truths. But if we can’t face the truth things will never be fixed in America!!
and, I hate it when the receptionist at the doctors office refers to the Doctor as Doctor Eric or whatever FIRST name he uses. All a charade to make them my buddy or something. . . it is artificial and transparently so.
On the other hand I have lost a lot of respect for many MD's as a result of the pandemic's legacy . . .
Mr. Goodrich, being an RN myself, I am both not surprised but also as concerned for patient's safety as your wife. A quick trip to town today brought me into contact with a particular selection of society who was struggling today. Can't imagine how they were yesterday. Part of me feels a great deal of sympathy because they are in emotional pain. That's a terrible place to be. The other, larger part of me is somewhat indifferent to their nonsense as they, for the most, are making themselves distraught. They are reveling or maybe I should say wallowing, in their self imposed misery. They lack emotional regulation, discernment and are histrionic. This is where I would feel a secret compulsion to render a loud and hearty slap across the face and invoke Cher with, "SNAP OUT OF IT!".
I truly don't see any way to reconcile with these individuals. They need deprogramming which can never occur. The occasional walk away or self-deprogrammer is rare, all things considered.
Was at the post office and the customer before asked for "Christmas stamps" and the clerk offered three choices. Snowflakes, ornaments and snow globes with Christmas trees in them. Her response was that these were "too religious" and wanted something more "secular".
After she departed, the clerk and I looked at each other with eyebrows raised and a mixture of puzzlement and absurdity.
Aside from the fact that Christmas is a religious celebration, what could she object to about snowflakes or ornaments? I would never open that box and ask or engage.
The author today points out some truly fundamental tenets that have been cast aside and have lead us right here.
We have a reprieve for now. However, they aren't going away. After all, Harris herself stated she was going to continue fighting... Another stolen idea from Trump. Or, it's her natural inclination to be an agent of chaos and absurdity.
The amount of emotional drama I'm seeing is just an excuse for other fears and unresolved issues. That so many people feel unstable in fields where equanimity is essential is detrimental to everyone's health. The lack of compassion and the fear of retribution tells us where basic human anger, fear and hostility is showing its ugly head. Stay strong James, and your wife too!
If I followed this, the discussions are taking place S the patients ( babies) are bring cared for. If this is what's happening - the patients will recognize the emotion upset of their caregivers. They would very likely be concerned the discord as threatening. Could your wife note the probable worries and suggest focus needs to be on the comfort and wellbeing of the babies. Better that other issues be discussed after duty hours?
She's a treasure to note and care! You are very fortunate.
After yesterday, the director had everyone in a meeting and said our focus is always to be on the patient. There is to be no political views brought up in the rooms. She said take it outside after work. Honestly Jean my wife was going to go in the directors office this morning. My wife said every issue she had was brought up and covered which made her feel better. Of coarse 4 years ago when the shoe was on the other foot none of these issues came up. I’m glad and hope for the good of the patients these issues are resolved. BTW we have a nurse that stays with us a few nights a week to make her commute easier. She’s at Mass. General Hospital. She wore a Trump shirt to work and she said everything is completely civil there. They have zero issues. Not sure why it’s so insane at my wife’s work?? But it really is or was.
This is decimating health care, and of course making the remainder of it less safe. From my own experiences, I understand what your wife is going through. 🙏
If patients knew to what extent the uncontrolled emotions and mood swings affected their care, they would make different health decisions.
My neice is a Critical Care NP and appears to be in this group. I knew she was voting on abortion, to "preserve women's reproductive health", but didn't realize she was all in with all of it. She is my medical power of attorney and I am having second thoughts on that. Any advice??
This family is teaching their children to stick up for their beliefs. What a great example they are for it takes tremendous courage to stick up for your beliefs. Drs Malone you are great people.
It takes a lot of courage, but I'll always applaud those who stand up for their beliefs without worry of any potential repercussions. Those are people I want to look up to.
The leftists would say antifa, BLM, the global nut jobs engaged in vandalism, assault and disruption are "standing up for their beliefs". Belief is irrelevant and destructive when it isn't based on fundamental truth and God's laws, values, and ethics for us.
Wow, what a story. What strikes me is how so many on social media are posting "Protect Trans Rights" when, in fact, they not only have more rights than everyone else, they have effectively taken OUR rights away.
Those who choose elective treatment, to appear as the opposite sex, are being harmed by the hormone overdoses. These have myriad untoward side effects. Most of them are denied the right of informed consent.
Sadly, low information parents and youngsters influenced by a warped education system, a very complicit media, mockingbird social media, money hungry pharm companies and our own Government have made the issues a "fad" to follow....without understanding the considerable consequences they will experience. It has been a tragedy that the above players also corrupted so many of the physicians/clinics/hospitals we once trusted. Many great doctors/nurses/medical staff were forced...in good conscience to retire or work under the radar facing the ugly hammer of government if caught dis-obeying orders .
Young female athletes cannot continue to pay for the advantages testosterone gives to men who transition to women and then compete against women, winning due to the hormonal advantages they gained during puberty. They may as well allow one group to take steroids and another not. It is that unfair.
Yes. Actually a third group is needed. Let the trans form a league of their own. Let all trans teams play against each other and let straight teams continue to compete fairly against other straight teams. Wonder how quickly the trans people would lose interest in competing with each other?
Hey, Ben. You weren't made to be an engineer; you are a writer! But I bet you're a great engineer. Thank you for being a man of integrity! We need more like you!
Must admit that the first draft of my comment had wandered off into a critique of the American Church, but that will have to wait for another day - when there's more space available...
The Republicans will be tested immediately with Sarah Brady as the first “transgendered woman” in Congress. Will they address Him as she, her, and madam, or will they speak TRUTH and refer to him as he, him, and sir?
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Call him Sarah but address him as a man, which is what he is, and keep him out of the ladies restrooms. Republicans SHOULD NOT CAVE on this, because it’s one of the many reasons we voted for Trump and Republicans in general. Stand for TRUTH and do it with a loving and compassionate heart, because these people have been deceived and hurt mentally and emotionally—BUT—do not lie to them and enter their world of delusion.
We’re in a different nation right now. This will change when there’s a true return back to God. Until then, the fight against us will continue. Never give up.
Call that person what they want to be called. Period. Be against transgender surgery for children, be against transgender surgery for prisoners paid for by taxpayers, and the like. But we as Freedom loving patriots should respect and allow for people's personal choices.
Call that person by what that person wants to be called.
Calling a person by his chosen or changed name shows him dignity—that I would do without hesitation.
But “forcing” others to use pronouns that do not correspond to reality—his biological sex—is suppression of free speech and censorship. It’s not only unconstitutional, but it’s morally and ethically decadent to force someone to lie, and go against his conscience and Faith in God and His Scripture.
Before transgenderism, I, a girl then a woman, decided to pass on "Miss". I became "Ms" and remain so. I kept my maiden name when I married, so I was never Mrs. so-and-so, instead I was Ms. maiden name. No one has given me a hard time about this. But it's just a name, I never did anything to change my "gender" or "sex".
I am totally opposed to transgender drugs and surgery. My God, I was a tom boy as a child and felt no confusion.
Dr.'s Malone, we admire your generosity to those in need of refuge. The therapeutic value of sharing trauma with someone you respect is of immensely healing value for that person. God Bless you, Good and Faithful Servants.
Was particularly pleased by his comment regarding religious exemptions. I guess in this day of egregious renaming you could call agnosticism a religion but would rather not. I do however resent the implied suggestion that only the religious can have moral convictions, as I in fact have a few of my own.
Correct! We saw religious exemptions denied during the “pandemic.” The government became the arbiter of truth over a persons Faith AND personal conscience, for those who do not have a particular faith. They decided if a person’s religion specifically exempted vaccines, not taking into consideration that not everyone is a cookie cutter in each denomination.
Hi Mike. I truly believe every religion and every person has good in it/them and contains pieces of the goodness of the Creator. I'm sure if we ate dinner together we'd become lifelong friends. :o) Love you man.
One certain exception...atheism. They have made a religion out of it, one verging on if not totally into fanaticism. And yes, friendship would certainly be possible
I was thinking that the presence of Dr. Malone at Mar-a-largo was a very good sign that he will play a role in the new administration. Where real "science" and sanity will prevail.
If you want to see how badly science has been perverted, google the rant of Scientific American editor-in-chief Laura Helmuth who called Trump voters the "meanest, dumbest, most bigoted" group and "f---ing fascists." The Age of Lunacy may happily be coming to a close.
The Johnson Amendment and the fear of losing (a noose) of 501(c)(3) tax exempt status has neutered the American church. Speak truth in love, the Gospel is foolishness to those who are perishing. (sorry for the spelling errors, neurological problem... I forget how to spell and other things)
Actually I would not oppose the loss of that exemption. One church got exemptions for a womens foundation company they owned. Why? And a lot of churches are using their money to undermine our laws re immigration. Less there would be better. Bet many other good examples exist to justify the loss of that exemption or at the very least being listed as non profits.
The churches should have been the most vocal opponents of the exemption because of the sheer range of religions it applies to. That alone indicates it had nothing to do with any rational principles relevant to the proper role of government.
So proud of you guys. My heart is full listening to the story of this man’s quest for truth at work and at church. Keep up the good work.! You guys have become instruments for good in the midst of a wicked Godless world. There is still a remnant of us out here. Glad to be on the same team . By the way, so glad to see you got to be present to witness the miracle of Nov 5. I pray this country does not squander the reprieve it has been given by God.
The truth is that the past four years don't compare to the Holocaust because more people around the world were murdered than during the Holocaust and even more were maimed and are likely to die prematurely. It was all done without having to fight a war directly or put people in camps. All they had to do was threaten social censor and loss of financial stability and people lined up to roll the dice which were weighted against them. Then for further profit they did start multiple wars and the loss of innocent lives has been high. We are in WWIII and the cost so far has been very high and the trick has been convincing people that there is nothing going on.
Excellent and inspiring essay. I can definitely relate to a degree, having landed a role I've always wanted since I was a kid, but, unfortunately, I have to deal with the entire DEI, ESG, and other alphabet soup propaganda that I might just write a book on one day. Fortunately, we haven't sunk so low as to offer actual DEI or sexual harassment training regarding those who say they're transgender....yet.
But I already made the commitment to myself. A tough, but necessary, commitment. The second I see such training pop up in my own emails, the party's over. I made that decision a long time ago, before I even started with this particular company. In no way, shape, or form would I justify compromising my own values to fit their status quo.
Yeah, it's cool to make money doing what I like. But it's cooler to make an informed decision to do what is right over what is easy. It's right to make a sacrifice to stand up and defend your principles as opposed to doing the easy thing, which comprises taking the easy way out, to bow down to a status quo you disagree with just to keep up a comfortable life.
In my mind, there's nothing more cowardly than taking the easy way out. That said, I applaud you.
Way to go TC! We must decide BEFORE we are put in a hard place. And share your decision with your network of friends! You'll need their support when the time comes!
Excellent essay. It really is staggering how much of this social cancer is being baked into the cake now. It is everywhere, and if it were just some organic movement, it would likely fizzle and die in the light of day. But it is being written into the code by the elites where it starts to become just a way of life for some, and amping up more and more in the coming generations, all educated from the same poisonous pool. Every time we social engineer anything we kill off a part of ourselves.
It hasn’t taken forever for much of industry to realize that they can’t function without the productive workforce which remains connected to reality. Unfortunately healthcare and government contractors are more tied in a fascist manner to government, (and the Supreme Court seemed to uphold this relationship with respect to mandating vaccines). DEI directives are directly harmful to patients because they affect treatment and dosing. Barring a big change, these institutions will have to crumble. Have you noticed a significant reduction in acces to healthcare lately? Many of us left because our conscience says to “do no harm”.
Wow, thanks for your prayers weedom! Pop us on your daily list if you would. EEOC just opened up a case no. yesterday! This might turn into something....or it may just fizzle into the social wastelands. Whatever Jesus wants.
For sure, more prayers. EEOC might become a different animal during the next administration, and be of more help. But government is government. There exist numerous public interest law firms which have protecting religious liberty high on their list of priorities. What often happens is that you agree to make media appearances which helps them to fundraise, and this is what takes care of up front legal costs. Any of these cases takes a long time.
Interesting you bring this up because a neat lawyer who may end up representing me is a part of PJI, a Seattle faith based non-profit firm that lines up with exactly what you said. Your post may be another bread crumb leading me down the trail. Thanks again!
See how the financing works out with that group. Have they argued before state or the U.S. supreme courts ?? Some are large enough that they take the case on contingency with Zero legal costs to the litigant, as long as they agree to some publicity. (Good idea to leave kids out of the publicity.) I'm glad that the legal environment for this will become friendlier overall in the near future.
The DEI stuff blows my mind. I have been out of the workplace as a professional for 25 years. It is hard to fathom how crazy it has become. Hopefully with the new administration we can get on a better path. I identify so strongly with this writers experience in his church community. I am retired clergy and often attempt to engage peers in person and online. You would not believe how resistant these professional people are to thinking biblically about their political responsibility as leaders of their congregations. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his old seminary professor from Union Theological Seminary,Reinhold Niebuhr have left us an intellectual framework for when the church is required to get out of its normal lane in order to confront evil. The church in western civilization is making the same mistake the church in Germany made in the face of Hitler. It mostly folded right into the evil. Theology actually has a lot to say about natural rights, what it means to be a human being, morality in general, the nature of maleness and femaleness and many other aspects of our current crisis. I deeply appreciated the presence of the Father at the Brownstone conference but still felt the absence of at least one top flight theologian was a glaring black hole. This was a beautiful and well written essay, thank you for sharing it.
I certainly believe how resistant our local Lutheran Pastor is to thinking of having anything to do or say outside of his church box, for sure. He has suggested the congregation read a book: the Myth of a Christian Nation, Dr Greg Boyd. Wondering if you have read it and your take on it, if so? Available on Amazon, Kindle, $2.
I have read it and have some major . . . issues with the philosophy.
Interesting. Niebuhr was a pacifist but decided violence was warranted. Perhaps to operate in the world as it exist we should take elements of both. At any rate the church is failing to take its rightful place in the current battle against evil. I am not very familiar with Niemoeller so I appreciate you mentioning him.
Thank you. Really interesting stuff. The role of the church is to proclaimed the gospel, not involve itself in politics. Bonhoeffer made it clear that the church should stay in its own lane, except when the state strayed too far out of its lane. The intellectual framework left by Bonhoeffer on how to understand this is very important in my judgement. Because stepping out of our lane is an unusual event and outside our primary role I think it is difficult for church leaders to grasp. Especially when the enemy is so difficult to identify as is our situation today.
May Trump and RFK Jr obliterate this DEI and mental disorder transgender BS!
Need to dismantle the Federal Department of Education, keep all of the money away from the states and give vouchers to every American citizen (citizens only), while growing strong trade programs where High School vouchers can be used. Create a capable and competent people. Also make a several month study of the constitution and the way the government was intended to work a requirement to get the voucher money. Hillsdale can set the standards. No they don't actually teach that in most government classes, it is mostly a wasted class.
There's just one BIG problem. The teachers coming out of the universities have been marinated in wokeness.
FYI: the best teachers my brother's had in a private school (scholarship students) didn't have teaching credentials.
As a teacher, I am an anomaly. I speak up but am given, "the eye."
Parents, homeschool if you can.
I was a teacher for 21 years when I started speaking out they came after me. I retired early.
Let's call spades, spades, Mona...for MANY generations American "Teachers Colleges" brainwash (marinated is an apt term) future teachers in MARXISM which is exactly what so-called "Woke" is, then those "Marxified" teachers spread the mental poison of Karl Marx and Frederich Engels into the WIDE OPEN young minds in K - 12 and on into "higher education."
Recall that the "Marxified" 60s generation of "student radicals" became politicians, judges, community organizers, writers, actors and journalists that have infested and infected virtually EVERY institution extant now in 2024 AD.
Until and unless the entire (existing) academic structure in the USA is totally deconstructed and a major reformation transpires, NOTHING will change.
I have teaching licenses, but I first received them in 1982. Yes, I am 65 and now retired. But, I am not blind or stupid and 3 years ago when I retired, I had witnessed for years the demise of the educational system. However, teachers have no control over what happens in schools. We have bosses and rules that we have to follow. New "cuuriculum" is introduced and we have to teach it. There are also things we are told we can't teach. The system needs to return to indiviual desks (not table with 4 seats), textbooks, paper, pencils, library books and book reports, and most importantly geography, history, and government. Students no longer need to pass a "constitution" test to graduate - when that went away, so did government study.
I have wondered about Elon Musk. He took the Constitution class in order to become an American citizen, he and other immigrants are learning the Constitution, but our own citizens are not. Maybe that is why Elon and most other immigrants are MAGA.
I appreciate your honesty. Many teachers today are denying there is a problem and hiding things from the parents.
I hear Costco, Walmart and In-N-Out are hiring. Problem solved. If those don't work for them, then maybe some field work or ditch digging would suit them better.
It wasn't that long ago everyone was poking fun of the woke graduates, claiming they could not find work. However, the woke graduates have created a job market especially for themselves. Consider HR departments and Haymarket Books.
Well those woke graduates didn't create anything of real value and their job market is imploding. That is a big part of what the fight against the deep state is about, a bunch of people who will not be able to earn anything close to the living they've had sucking on the tax payers teet. They don't want to compete for jobs and actually have to provide value for a paycheck.
Tell me about it. I have a granddaughter in a university education program that will graduate this year. She appears to be a militant lesbian and will go on to get her masters in education next year. Or I should say her masters in DEI.
Businesses were hiring DEI experts for their HR departments. Not sure if they still have openings. Another option is writing DEI material for Haymarket Books.
It wasn't that long ago everyone was poking fun of the woke graduates, claiming they could not find work. However, the woke graduates have created a job market especially for themselves.
Boeing just fired their DEI department after it destroyed their reputation and company. More will follow.
Find retired teachers in your area, and pay them to mentor you as your children's teacher! Even better, create a homeschool group, so this one teacher can mentor several parents!
DeSantis's voucher program in FL is the model for the USA. Each parent gets $8k to use at private school or for homeschooling if they choose not to use public schools, where wokeness is banned. It's almost utopia here.
I started complaining about my grade school education after about 2 years. I routinely mourn the things I did not learn, the books I did not read. I agree that trade programs are necessary, and . . . of course, what the Constitution really said and how it has been violated. I never read those classic books, as as soon as I graduated college I got a job which became the beginning of a 40 year career and I devoted my spare time to mastering my new craft. After 2020 I took up reading books about health, medicine, and covid. And now I read Substack.
I agree - end the Dept. of Education.
Yes!
Agree wholeheartedly.
Concur
The totality of the DEI issue, and religious freedom have a lot to do with the 2024 election results. Gender dysphoria was turned into fast profit, as is the obesity issue, leading to unethical treatments.
Without a doubt.
My projection? They will, at the absolute least, put a few well-earned dents into the narrative.
Since you are "top first" I thought I would share a little personal experience with my transgender grandchild. I haven't seen any comments from first hand experience. The story is too long to delve into here and I have spoken about it here and there from way early posts. Her change to a male persona took years of therapy from many different avenues, truly frightened days and nights on suicide watch from her parents and many questions to know the risks of hormone injections and no mastectomy, but liposuction and no "bottom" surgery. This wasn't an easy time, for years, for anyone. Call it BS if you want, but I am here to tell you this whole process is no walk in the park.
As you may know my wife works in an OR at a major hospital, I’ll leave it at that for now. She was scheduled to work yesterday,Wednesday, and has been dreading it being the day after Election Day. Well the stars aligned and as we all know Trump won. I will add she was forced through DEI brainwashing through her work also. So at work yesterday she had called me a couple times telling me how crazy things in work were. There were two nurses sobbing, tears and all flowing. Many were openly saying they can’t believe anyone would vote for HIM. They were saying that people that worked there, right in the room they were in voted for HIM. My wife is not a person that typically stays quiet. Believe it or not nearly every nurse in an OR room is 100% focused on the safety of the patient period. So needless to say when you have a majority of nurses working in an OR with a tiny child on the table, spewing threatening hate out loud so that anyone in listening area can hear them it is a serious safety issue not only to other nurses but especially to the patient. It was so bad yesterday that two of the nurses sobbing asked to go home which they did. You would think these would be young recently graduated nurses, but one of the women was 62 years old and takes charge about once a week. My wife called me this morning in near tears sitting in the parking lot worried she was going to have it out with this women and in the future if she wasn’t fired be stuck in the most horrible cases as revenge.
The reason my wife is so upset is these liberal nurses were creating an unsafe environment for the patient do to there inability to deal with life. My wife mostly keeps to herself but she did vote for Trump and felt threatened by these nurses, maybe not physically but in a retribution type way.
Is it not a microcosm of what we see today. Our country is being destroyed because of peoples feelings and political beliefs. America wasn’t built by weakness. The more we allow these progressives to take control eventually we will have no ability to help others not even ourselves. We have had to deal with four years of a president that took showers with his own daughter I think these progressives can deal with lower gas prices and cheaper energy costs!!!J.Goodrich
That is horrific. What Jill sees from her FB "friends" - is the same.
These women are completely brainwashed. It is scary.
I agree with you Dr. Malone, they are brainwashed and the reality is the media and government have colluded for it to happen, very scary stuff.
It always makes me wonder if these fools were ever capable of rational thought to begin with.
Yes they are. I got into a wasted discussion on fb with someone who hated Trump said I was full of bs when I said voting Democrat was voting for transgender medicine and surgery for children without parental approval. They didn't have a clue what their party is pushing and refuse to even research anything. That's the real problem - they refuse to even research truth. The hardest thing the last 8 years has been realizing almost half this country doesn't even recognize evil when it's right in front of their face.
I'm so sorry for your wife's trials at work and pray they get better or that the Lord open a new door for her. 🙏🏼
Thanks Sheila she’s at the end of her rope.
I totally agree ⁉️
I realized after Helene hit my neighborhood in Aiken SC and I discovered a 79 year old lady in my neighborhood had been alone for 5 days without power and was running out of food until she finally called out the window to someone walking on the sidewalk and asked if she would come and talk to her. After she talked with her she walked around to where I lived and told me about her and it broke my heart and I immediately went to help and continue to do so as she has no one, no car or transportation, she has no Doctor Nor vet for her dog and she has syncope causing fainting etc. She sets and watches TV all day and CNN for NEWS and she used to always vote and if she had wanted to vote, she would have voted for KH. Many older people have totally been brainwashed just because they've been democrates all there lives or watched CNN and don't realize it's not the same party today and hasn't been for a long time but CNN is truth to them. It's sad but good that they can't get out to vote. But that's why the democrats prey on them. At almost 82 I'm thankful I'm healthy and still have my faith and family and work to do, but some don't have that and it is sad. At 82 I've told my new friend year that taking care of a 79 year old is like the blind leading the blind but God brought me into her life for a purpose and He will supply my every need to do so. Thank you for all you are doing to open the eyes on what has happened the last difficult years of government overreach. I brighter day is coming 👑✝️🙌✝️👑
Your story sounds so familiar to ours with our next door neighbor here in WA. Our neighbor is 86, lives on her own, has one friend that visits her everyday (which is so sweet), but watches nothing but CNN all day long. She goes to church every Sunday but her church is now half pro-trans and is falling apart. Half of the church (one of the oldest, largest churches here), including several assistant pastors, just walked out a few months ago. She still attends, but is heart broken because she doesn't agree with many of the decisions they are making. She wants to love on the alphabet people, as do many of us who have been redeemed from our junk, but she doesn't want to agree that its ok to live in it and glorify it.
All that said, she told me she was having a hard time and was thinking she was going to vote for KH. Its so sad how the media has this brain-hold on so many older folk. To have the strength to research for truth, to face opposition, isn't there like it used to be. It takes energy to go against the grain of our world and culture. Sadly, many elders over 70 are losing that energy. I hope and pray she had the strength to follow her conscience, hear her guardian angel's prompts, and feel the tug of God's Spirit. We sometimes lose that ability, or sensation, if we've been focusing on our fleshly sensations for too long (hunger, touch, smell, sight, etc.). I think that's why Jesus told people to fast often. It helps shut down all of those earthly noises and to hear or feel the spiritual stuff easier. I highly recommend fasting if you feel your ability to feel or sense spiritual things are at an all time low. Reading. Praying. Worship. All kinds of things help open up "windows into the heavenlies."
What a lovely upbeat attitude, I am not quite 82, that's next year so it was encouraging to read what you had to say. The thing which gets me is, I became a follower of the Saviour when I was 32 having had no Christian upbringing, therefore I have enormous difficulty in understanding how anybody who knows Him can be so lukewarm. Did you know there was a poll taken of white evangelicals to find out how many voted - not who they voted for, just how many voted. It was 22% doesn't that just stink? I find it totally incomprehensible but then I know full well what I was 'saved' from!
Its heartbreaking Julia! I'm encouraged to hear you're still a fighter! Keep up the prayers and the good work! You are being used until the day you take your last breathe!
Joan, do you know Mel Minitor or Dannion Brinkley? They are in the area, and friends of mine.
The missing word here is discipline. We have largely expunged it from our daily existence. Kids today call teachers by their first name. So no surprise little respect shown them by so many. Self discipline today about as uncommon as common sense. We miss it badly.
It’s funny Dr. Nash how people don’t like when you bring up the truth written by Joe Biden’s daughter with her own hand about her father taking showers with her as she says of a sexual nature and how it messed up her life really badly. So I don’t expect many likes because people like to avoid such truths. But if we can’t face the truth things will never be fixed in America!!
and, I hate it when the receptionist at the doctors office refers to the Doctor as Doctor Eric or whatever FIRST name he uses. All a charade to make them my buddy or something. . . it is artificial and transparently so.
On the other hand I have lost a lot of respect for many MD's as a result of the pandemic's legacy . . .
Ok, enough rant.
Mr. Goodrich, being an RN myself, I am both not surprised but also as concerned for patient's safety as your wife. A quick trip to town today brought me into contact with a particular selection of society who was struggling today. Can't imagine how they were yesterday. Part of me feels a great deal of sympathy because they are in emotional pain. That's a terrible place to be. The other, larger part of me is somewhat indifferent to their nonsense as they, for the most, are making themselves distraught. They are reveling or maybe I should say wallowing, in their self imposed misery. They lack emotional regulation, discernment and are histrionic. This is where I would feel a secret compulsion to render a loud and hearty slap across the face and invoke Cher with, "SNAP OUT OF IT!".
I truly don't see any way to reconcile with these individuals. They need deprogramming which can never occur. The occasional walk away or self-deprogrammer is rare, all things considered.
Was at the post office and the customer before asked for "Christmas stamps" and the clerk offered three choices. Snowflakes, ornaments and snow globes with Christmas trees in them. Her response was that these were "too religious" and wanted something more "secular".
After she departed, the clerk and I looked at each other with eyebrows raised and a mixture of puzzlement and absurdity.
Aside from the fact that Christmas is a religious celebration, what could she object to about snowflakes or ornaments? I would never open that box and ask or engage.
The author today points out some truly fundamental tenets that have been cast aside and have lead us right here.
We have a reprieve for now. However, they aren't going away. After all, Harris herself stated she was going to continue fighting... Another stolen idea from Trump. Or, it's her natural inclination to be an agent of chaos and absurdity.
Yes, thank you for writing what many of us feel.
a loud and hearty slap across the face and invoke Cher with, "SNAP OUT OF IT!".
or, as Jesse might say: "Get it together!"
Thanks for the kind words PB. Keep shining that truth! You're a beacon in your town! I can tell :o)
The amount of emotional drama I'm seeing is just an excuse for other fears and unresolved issues. That so many people feel unstable in fields where equanimity is essential is detrimental to everyone's health. The lack of compassion and the fear of retribution tells us where basic human anger, fear and hostility is showing its ugly head. Stay strong James, and your wife too!
Wow! Praying for you and your wife 🙏🏻
If I followed this, the discussions are taking place S the patients ( babies) are bring cared for. If this is what's happening - the patients will recognize the emotion upset of their caregivers. They would very likely be concerned the discord as threatening. Could your wife note the probable worries and suggest focus needs to be on the comfort and wellbeing of the babies. Better that other issues be discussed after duty hours?
She's a treasure to note and care! You are very fortunate.
After yesterday, the director had everyone in a meeting and said our focus is always to be on the patient. There is to be no political views brought up in the rooms. She said take it outside after work. Honestly Jean my wife was going to go in the directors office this morning. My wife said every issue she had was brought up and covered which made her feel better. Of coarse 4 years ago when the shoe was on the other foot none of these issues came up. I’m glad and hope for the good of the patients these issues are resolved. BTW we have a nurse that stays with us a few nights a week to make her commute easier. She’s at Mass. General Hospital. She wore a Trump shirt to work and she said everything is completely civil there. They have zero issues. Not sure why it’s so insane at my wife’s work?? But it really is or was.
This is decimating health care, and of course making the remainder of it less safe. From my own experiences, I understand what your wife is going through. 🙏
If patients knew to what extent the uncontrolled emotions and mood swings affected their care, they would make different health decisions.
My neice is a Critical Care NP and appears to be in this group. I knew she was voting on abortion, to "preserve women's reproductive health", but didn't realize she was all in with all of it. She is my medical power of attorney and I am having second thoughts on that. Any advice??
This family is teaching their children to stick up for their beliefs. What a great example they are for it takes tremendous courage to stick up for your beliefs. Drs Malone you are great people.
It takes a lot of courage, but I'll always applaud those who stand up for their beliefs without worry of any potential repercussions. Those are people I want to look up to.
Thanks TC and keep using that gift of encouragement!
Will do!!
The leftists would say antifa, BLM, the global nut jobs engaged in vandalism, assault and disruption are "standing up for their beliefs". Belief is irrelevant and destructive when it isn't based on fundamental truth and God's laws, values, and ethics for us.
Thanks for the kind words Melanie!
Wow, what a story. What strikes me is how so many on social media are posting "Protect Trans Rights" when, in fact, they not only have more rights than everyone else, they have effectively taken OUR rights away.
Those who choose elective treatment, to appear as the opposite sex, are being harmed by the hormone overdoses. These have myriad untoward side effects. Most of them are denied the right of informed consent.
Sadly, low information parents and youngsters influenced by a warped education system, a very complicit media, mockingbird social media, money hungry pharm companies and our own Government have made the issues a "fad" to follow....without understanding the considerable consequences they will experience. It has been a tragedy that the above players also corrupted so many of the physicians/clinics/hospitals we once trusted. Many great doctors/nurses/medical staff were forced...in good conscience to retire or work under the radar facing the ugly hammer of government if caught dis-obeying orders .
Truth, and add that health care professionals are largely chained by huge student debt.
Young female athletes cannot continue to pay for the advantages testosterone gives to men who transition to women and then compete against women, winning due to the hormonal advantages they gained during puberty. They may as well allow one group to take steroids and another not. It is that unfair.
Yes. Actually a third group is needed. Let the trans form a league of their own. Let all trans teams play against each other and let straight teams continue to compete fairly against other straight teams. Wonder how quickly the trans people would lose interest in competing with each other?
lol. perfect! I'd watch for the entertainment aspect!
That sounds like a win win.
Yes, it does feel that way. The scales of equity are clearly "off" these days.
Hey, Ben. You weren't made to be an engineer; you are a writer! But I bet you're a great engineer. Thank you for being a man of integrity! We need more like you!
Wow thanks 53rd! Keep using that gift of encouragement! Us newbs feast on words of affirmation. ;oP
Must admit that the first draft of my comment had wandered off into a critique of the American Church, but that will have to wait for another day - when there's more space available...
The Republicans will be tested immediately with Sarah Brady as the first “transgendered woman” in Congress. Will they address Him as she, her, and madam, or will they speak TRUTH and refer to him as he, him, and sir?
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Call him Sarah but address him as a man, which is what he is, and keep him out of the ladies restrooms. Republicans SHOULD NOT CAVE on this, because it’s one of the many reasons we voted for Trump and Republicans in general. Stand for TRUTH and do it with a loving and compassionate heart, because these people have been deceived and hurt mentally and emotionally—BUT—do not lie to them and enter their world of delusion.
Who in the hell elected a tranny to Congress. I want to be sure I never enter their domain.
We’re in a different nation right now. This will change when there’s a true return back to God. Until then, the fight against us will continue. Never give up.
Call that person what they want to be called. Period. Be against transgender surgery for children, be against transgender surgery for prisoners paid for by taxpayers, and the like. But we as Freedom loving patriots should respect and allow for people's personal choices.
Call that person by what that person wants to be called.
Calling a person by his chosen or changed name shows him dignity—that I would do without hesitation.
But “forcing” others to use pronouns that do not correspond to reality—his biological sex—is suppression of free speech and censorship. It’s not only unconstitutional, but it’s morally and ethically decadent to force someone to lie, and go against his conscience and Faith in God and His Scripture.
Before transgenderism, I, a girl then a woman, decided to pass on "Miss". I became "Ms" and remain so. I kept my maiden name when I married, so I was never Mrs. so-and-so, instead I was Ms. maiden name. No one has given me a hard time about this. But it's just a name, I never did anything to change my "gender" or "sex".
I am totally opposed to transgender drugs and surgery. My God, I was a tom boy as a child and felt no confusion.
I believe the person is Sarah McBride. From Wilmington DE.
Thanks for the correction! 🙂
Dr.'s Malone, we admire your generosity to those in need of refuge. The therapeutic value of sharing trauma with someone you respect is of immensely healing value for that person. God Bless you, Good and Faithful Servants.
Was particularly pleased by his comment regarding religious exemptions. I guess in this day of egregious renaming you could call agnosticism a religion but would rather not. I do however resent the implied suggestion that only the religious can have moral convictions, as I in fact have a few of my own.
Correct! We saw religious exemptions denied during the “pandemic.” The government became the arbiter of truth over a persons Faith AND personal conscience, for those who do not have a particular faith. They decided if a person’s religion specifically exempted vaccines, not taking into consideration that not everyone is a cookie cutter in each denomination.
Hi Mike. I truly believe every religion and every person has good in it/them and contains pieces of the goodness of the Creator. I'm sure if we ate dinner together we'd become lifelong friends. :o) Love you man.
One certain exception...atheism. They have made a religion out of it, one verging on if not totally into fanaticism. And yes, friendship would certainly be possible
I was thinking that the presence of Dr. Malone at Mar-a-largo was a very good sign that he will play a role in the new administration. Where real "science" and sanity will prevail.
If you want to see how badly science has been perverted, google the rant of Scientific American editor-in-chief Laura Helmuth who called Trump voters the "meanest, dumbest, most bigoted" group and "f---ing fascists." The Age of Lunacy may happily be coming to a close.
The Johnson Amendment and the fear of losing (a noose) of 501(c)(3) tax exempt status has neutered the American church. Speak truth in love, the Gospel is foolishness to those who are perishing. (sorry for the spelling errors, neurological problem... I forget how to spell and other things)
Actually I would not oppose the loss of that exemption. One church got exemptions for a womens foundation company they owned. Why? And a lot of churches are using their money to undermine our laws re immigration. Less there would be better. Bet many other good examples exist to justify the loss of that exemption or at the very least being listed as non profits.
Anywhere humans are involved, corruption is inevitable. As usual, it's all about control of the "flock" and the money.
God is NOT the author of confusion or discourse.
But can be used as an excuse to author it
Many 501(c)(3) groups color outside the lines, any changes would need to be applied evenly across the tax code.
The churches should have been the most vocal opponents of the exemption because of the sheer range of religions it applies to. That alone indicates it had nothing to do with any rational principles relevant to the proper role of government.
We lived in a different world. The government did not appear to be hostile to the Church.
So proud of you guys. My heart is full listening to the story of this man’s quest for truth at work and at church. Keep up the good work.! You guys have become instruments for good in the midst of a wicked Godless world. There is still a remnant of us out here. Glad to be on the same team . By the way, so glad to see you got to be present to witness the miracle of Nov 5. I pray this country does not squander the reprieve it has been given by God.
Thanks, Paul. Hope you and your family are doing well.
The truth is that the past four years don't compare to the Holocaust because more people around the world were murdered than during the Holocaust and even more were maimed and are likely to die prematurely. It was all done without having to fight a war directly or put people in camps. All they had to do was threaten social censor and loss of financial stability and people lined up to roll the dice which were weighted against them. Then for further profit they did start multiple wars and the loss of innocent lives has been high. We are in WWIII and the cost so far has been very high and the trick has been convincing people that there is nothing going on.
Excellent and inspiring essay. I can definitely relate to a degree, having landed a role I've always wanted since I was a kid, but, unfortunately, I have to deal with the entire DEI, ESG, and other alphabet soup propaganda that I might just write a book on one day. Fortunately, we haven't sunk so low as to offer actual DEI or sexual harassment training regarding those who say they're transgender....yet.
But I already made the commitment to myself. A tough, but necessary, commitment. The second I see such training pop up in my own emails, the party's over. I made that decision a long time ago, before I even started with this particular company. In no way, shape, or form would I justify compromising my own values to fit their status quo.
Yeah, it's cool to make money doing what I like. But it's cooler to make an informed decision to do what is right over what is easy. It's right to make a sacrifice to stand up and defend your principles as opposed to doing the easy thing, which comprises taking the easy way out, to bow down to a status quo you disagree with just to keep up a comfortable life.
In my mind, there's nothing more cowardly than taking the easy way out. That said, I applaud you.
Way to go TC! We must decide BEFORE we are put in a hard place. And share your decision with your network of friends! You'll need their support when the time comes!
Excellent essay. It really is staggering how much of this social cancer is being baked into the cake now. It is everywhere, and if it were just some organic movement, it would likely fizzle and die in the light of day. But it is being written into the code by the elites where it starts to become just a way of life for some, and amping up more and more in the coming generations, all educated from the same poisonous pool. Every time we social engineer anything we kill off a part of ourselves.
Great post. Prayers for this family.
It hasn’t taken forever for much of industry to realize that they can’t function without the productive workforce which remains connected to reality. Unfortunately healthcare and government contractors are more tied in a fascist manner to government, (and the Supreme Court seemed to uphold this relationship with respect to mandating vaccines). DEI directives are directly harmful to patients because they affect treatment and dosing. Barring a big change, these institutions will have to crumble. Have you noticed a significant reduction in acces to healthcare lately? Many of us left because our conscience says to “do no harm”.
Wow, thanks for your prayers weedom! Pop us on your daily list if you would. EEOC just opened up a case no. yesterday! This might turn into something....or it may just fizzle into the social wastelands. Whatever Jesus wants.
For sure, more prayers. EEOC might become a different animal during the next administration, and be of more help. But government is government. There exist numerous public interest law firms which have protecting religious liberty high on their list of priorities. What often happens is that you agree to make media appearances which helps them to fundraise, and this is what takes care of up front legal costs. Any of these cases takes a long time.
Interesting you bring this up because a neat lawyer who may end up representing me is a part of PJI, a Seattle faith based non-profit firm that lines up with exactly what you said. Your post may be another bread crumb leading me down the trail. Thanks again!
See how the financing works out with that group. Have they argued before state or the U.S. supreme courts ?? Some are large enough that they take the case on contingency with Zero legal costs to the litigant, as long as they agree to some publicity. (Good idea to leave kids out of the publicity.) I'm glad that the legal environment for this will become friendlier overall in the near future.
Yes, they have several under their belt now and are all across the US it appears. I'm impressed. Thanks!
Super! (I'm a nut for the 1st Amendment, and look forward to you obtaining the justice that it specifies.) 🙏
The DEI stuff blows my mind. I have been out of the workplace as a professional for 25 years. It is hard to fathom how crazy it has become. Hopefully with the new administration we can get on a better path. I identify so strongly with this writers experience in his church community. I am retired clergy and often attempt to engage peers in person and online. You would not believe how resistant these professional people are to thinking biblically about their political responsibility as leaders of their congregations. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and his old seminary professor from Union Theological Seminary,Reinhold Niebuhr have left us an intellectual framework for when the church is required to get out of its normal lane in order to confront evil. The church in western civilization is making the same mistake the church in Germany made in the face of Hitler. It mostly folded right into the evil. Theology actually has a lot to say about natural rights, what it means to be a human being, morality in general, the nature of maleness and femaleness and many other aspects of our current crisis. I deeply appreciated the presence of the Father at the Brownstone conference but still felt the absence of at least one top flight theologian was a glaring black hole. This was a beautiful and well written essay, thank you for sharing it.
I certainly believe how resistant our local Lutheran Pastor is to thinking of having anything to do or say outside of his church box, for sure. He has suggested the congregation read a book: the Myth of a Christian Nation, Dr Greg Boyd. Wondering if you have read it and your take on it, if so? Available on Amazon, Kindle, $2.
I have read it and have some major . . . issues with the philosophy.
I have not read the book but I appreciate you mentioning it.
OK. Long story short: go the Martin Niemoeller way not the Banhoeffer way!
Interesting. Niebuhr was a pacifist but decided violence was warranted. Perhaps to operate in the world as it exist we should take elements of both. At any rate the church is failing to take its rightful place in the current battle against evil. I am not very familiar with Niemoeller so I appreciate you mentioning him.
Martin Niemoeller:
First the came for the socialists. . .
https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/martin-niemoeller-first-they-came-for-the-socialists
Thank you. Really interesting stuff. The role of the church is to proclaimed the gospel, not involve itself in politics. Bonhoeffer made it clear that the church should stay in its own lane, except when the state strayed too far out of its lane. The intellectual framework left by Bonhoeffer on how to understand this is very important in my judgement. Because stepping out of our lane is an unusual event and outside our primary role I think it is difficult for church leaders to grasp. Especially when the enemy is so difficult to identify as is our situation today.
Thanks for the encouragement Tony! It helps!