Eric Conn

Simply being an island of sanity is proving to be a church growth strategy.

Putting a smartphone or tablet in the hands of your kids has got to be one of the most foolish decisions imaginable. You are allowing the enemy unfettered access to propagandize your kids. It’s as bad or worse than government education.

My whole life, liberals have always been motivated by a perpetual victim mentality, even when they control something. They’re always up against better financed corporations, deep seated bigotries, all powerful hate groups who can muster numbers. Meanwhile, they control most of the powerful institutions and are way better funded than the people they accuse of their devil words like racism and misogyny. They get political traction by comparing reality to their utopian pipe dreams. If only they were in charge it would be perfect, but they’re always foiled by some shadowy cabal. The conservative instinct was always to make do with reality, live content, take initiative, trust Providence, never claim victimhood, win instead of whine, tell the truth, don’t let complaints turn to bitterness, argue ideas. There used to be a popular bumper sticker: “How to Ruin a Liberals Day: Work Hard, Succeed, Be Happy.” I think about this sometimes.