(Akiit.com) We see the world through the lens of the major media-for most people that means television. Book newspapers, magazines and the Internet play a role, but the vast majority of people around the world get their information from television. And, if those who own the global media conglomerates, and ...
(Akiit.com) At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic we saw the “great resignation”—people quitting their jobs in droves, for a host of reasons. The pandemic touched each of us, directly or indirectly, in incomprehensible ways. Now its impact is reverberating in our religious communities, which are experiencing an alarming number ...
(Akiit.com) As Russia’s completely unnecessary (and increasingly brutal) war in Ukraine rages on, President Volodymyr Zelensky has been steadily trying to ratchet up the pressure on the United States and its allies to provide more assistance to his country. In pleading his case, Zelensky is appearing in every forum from ...
(Akiit.com) If anyone had any doubt that our “objective” television news operations are deeply partisan and nearly unanimous Biden-voter caucuses, observe the revulsion and disgust spilling out into public view when one of them hires a Republican to offer the Other Party’s Viewpoint on their airwaves. CBS News decided to ...
(Akiit.com) Recall the theme of Joe Biden’s presidential address, “Unity”. Well, that was a bunch of bovine excrement, as we would say here in Texas. The real theme of Biden’s speech, and the mantra of the progressive socialist left is “conformity”. And if you actually paid attention to Biden’s address ...
(Akiit.com) In the beginning, the rich nerds who launched tech startups saw themselves as “disruptors.” They had power, swagger and money. But a funny thing happened on the way to their revolution: The tech startups became giants, and then the giants became enforcers of the status quo. The erstwhile disruptors ...
(Akiit.com) Whenever the history of racial discrimination in the United States appears to repeat itself, it produces predictable rhymes and sometimes tragic social consequences. Mark Twain, Ida B. Wells, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison all had one thing in common as visionary authors. They used their pens to offer literary ...
(Akiit.com) We keep learning more about the attack on the U.S. Capitol. And we keep learning more about the many schemes former President Donald Trump and his team tried to use to overturn the 2020 presidential election. In some ways, it is discouraging. We know just how badly Trump’s inner ...
(Akiit.com) Imagine a social media platform where people can say whatever the hell it is they want to say; where the only limitation is whether or not what you post is legal or illegal. It’s a pretty simple concept – threats, calls for violence, child pornography, etc., are banned, everything ...
(Akiit.com) I guess you could mark me down as a “climate change skeptic.” I’m not a climate scientist, so I have no expertise on what is happening with the planet’s temperature or severe weather events that can wreak havoc on life and property. I am skeptical that “collective action” through ...
(Akiit.com) President Joe Biden seems intent on easing entry into the United States at the politically worst possible time. It’s not impossible that he has a plan to keep order after he ends Title 42, which has made it harder for asylum seekers to enter the country. Even if he ...
(Akiit.com) This week’s events, particularly those in Brussels and Poland, have left little reason for optimism. There is not a single leader in the world today whose staff is stepping out at the United Nations, in Washington, or on the ground in Brussels to correct, walk back, or clarify what ...