With liberals now rushing out of the woodwork to denounce American stupidity over the persistent perception that Obama is not a Christian and may indeed be a stealth Muslim, it seems a perfect time to revisit the exact nature of Obama’s Christian experience. As I wrote extensively after my own visit to Jeremiah Wright’s [...]

Filed under: American Thinker, Commentary of the Day, Culture, Election, Politics, Religion by Kyle-Anne Shiver

Honestly, I haven’t heard such caterwauling and bellyaching in this country since Jimmy Carter was president. All I’ve heard this whole summer has been a rising cacophony of complaint. In every posh place I’ve been, whether church or Wal-Mart or Home Depot or the bagel shop, whether my primary polling place or regular citizens confab, [...]

Filed under: Commentary of the Day, Culture, Election, Goverment Reform, Pajamas Media, Politics by Kyle-Anne Shiver

I wrote this piece about Obama’s politics of collective redemption in February of 2008 (published in American Thinker).  I’m seeing it as more prescient by the day.
When I wrote this piece, I had just visited Barack Obama’s church home of 20 years in Chicago, Trinity United Church of Christ, then under the leadership of  Jeremiah [...]

Filed under: American Thinker, Commentary of the Day, Culture, Election, Politics, Religion by Kyle-Anne Shiver

Perhaps never before in American history have two individuals so captured the hearts, minds and imaginations of such a wide proportion of the citizenry as have Sarah Palin and Barack Obama. Both are charismatic, charming in their own ways, in glaring stand-above-the-crowd fashion. Both have written best-selling autobiographies, which have mesmerized large swaths [...]

Filed under: Commentary of the Day, Culture, Election, Goverment Reform, Politics by Kyle-Anne Shiver

Occasionally — not often, mind you — but occasionally, I see a video that is far and above more effective than a book, or a dozen articles.  Yes, I admit it, I am a lover of the written word.  Always liked the book better than the Hollywood version.  Always preferred the solitude aspects of both [...]

Filed under: Commentary of the Day, Election, Goverment Reform by Kyle-Anne Shiver