Everett Piper
Columns by Everett Piper
Denial of reality could become a Democratic campaign slogan
On Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump for allegedly asking the Ukrainian president to investigate Joe Biden. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy responded: "Facts be damned." Published September 29, 2019
Freedom is not free; it always comes with a cost
Someone else once said that freedom is found in knowing and obeying the truth: "You shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free." Published September 21, 2019
Why the facts of a constitutional republic must trump lies
In "The Silver Chair," the fifth book in "The Chronicles of Narnia" series, we find three main characters: Two children named Scrubb and Jill, and a Narnian friend called Puddleglum. Published September 13, 2019
Coddling college campuses and a crippled culture
Summer is over. School has started. Students from coast to coast have returned to their college campuses, and the nation waits with bated breath as to what will happen next. Published September 6, 2019
Ideological fascism at American colleges and universities
Once there was a prominent landowner who had a son. Even though the boy was quite well cared for and had everything he needed, he became restless. One day he approached his dad and said: "Father, I don't want to wait for my inheritance. Frankly, I am suffocating living under your rules and your expectations. Published September 1, 2019
Choosing the right path in contentious times
Reflecting on this classic poem by Robert Frost, I can't help but remember a recent political debate I had with a good friend and fellow Michigan State University Spartan. Published August 25, 2019
Human beings aren’t defined by their desires or appetites
The July 27 edition of The Wall Street Journal contains a debate between David French (attorney and writer for National Review and columnist for Time) and Marci Hamilton (professor at the University of Pennsylvania and former clerk for Sandra Day O'Connor). Published August 16, 2019
‘Joe Biden drowns’
This past week, as we listened to Joe Biden mindlessly shout, "We believe in [our] "truths over facts," maybe we would all do well to remember the story of Narcissus and my young friend. Published August 9, 2019
The abolition of women
If there was any remaining question that corporate oligarchs and today's educational ruling class now have near Orwellian control over all of American culture, this week's news should remove all doubt. Published August 2, 2019
‘Do you really want an answer?’
More than 60 years ago, in "The Abolition of Man," C.S. Lewis challenged his readers to wrestle with the key questions of his time with God's natural law as the foundational premise; as the "measuring rod outside of those things being measured." Published July 26, 2019
Freedom equals humility, not pride
It seems that the one thing the left and the right can agree on is that our nation no longer enjoys a binding "cult" of ideological unity, common cause, common sense, i.e. sense that is common. Published July 19, 2019
How to respond to those who use absolutes to refute absolutes
Standard fare for any conservative Christian who dares to open his mouth in the public square today is to be called a "bigot," a "hater" and an "intolerant SOB" for doing so. My experience is no exception. Predictable responses to my weekly columns often include comments such as, "You're an idiot. You are a hateful crank. You are an embarrassment to our community. You're arrogant. You always think that you're right. The real enemy of truth is people like you who want to impose your 'truth' on the rest of us." Published July 14, 2019
The best way to instruct children about their ‘sexual health’ may be to teach them to abstain
This past week, Planned Parenthood celebrated the end of Pride Month by tweeting, "Young LGBTQ people need sex education that addresses their identities and experiences, so that they have the information and skills to take care of their sexual health." Published July 7, 2019
Why believers of the faith must confront sin, not yield to it
This past week, Kevin Mannoia, who presently serves as the chaplain of Azusa Pacific University and who is the past president of the National Association of Evangelicals, testified before the California legislature in favor of Assembly Concurrent Resolution 99 (ACR 99). Published June 30, 2019
Conservatives are actually pro-science, liberals are not
The National Assessment of Educational Progress has issued its "Nation's Report Card" on America's schools and the data is clear. Private schools -- which are mostly religious -- outperform their public-school counterparts in science scores in almost every subcategory, including physical science, life science and earth science. Published June 23, 2019
Words have definitions, and changing and manipulating the meaning of words is called lying
At the risk of coming across as slightly pedantic, I'd like to offer a bit of a lesson as we enter into the last days of June and, thereby, prepare for the upcoming celebration of our nation's birth. Published June 16, 2019
A month of humility is far better than a ‘pride month’
On June 1, 2019, Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence, Rhode Island, tweeted a reminder to Catholics in his diocese that they should not support this month's "Pride Month." "These events," said the bishop, "promote a culture and encourage activities that are contrary to Catholic faith and morals and especially harmful to children." Published June 9, 2019
Why objectivity and honesty, not politics, must drive science
This past Wednesday, May 29, former Vice President Al Gore spoke to the graduating seniors at Harvard University. A summary of his talk? There is an "assault on science" that threatens "the capacity of the human species to endure" on planet Earth. Published June 2, 2019
When Democrats, a party of no standards, claim the high ground
On May 8, Devon Erickson entered a high school just outside of Denver and shot nine of his classmates and killed one. Published May 26, 2019
A commencement address to all students, grounded in belief and validated by reason
I am passionate about teaching. I adore learning. I love the academy and all the ideals that reside within the four walls of the ivy tower. I have given more than 30 years of my professional life to this enterprise. Published May 19, 2019
