From Under the Basket

Category: Politics

  • Nazism and Communism

    I was watching a video of Jordan Peterson where he said that the “Hammer and Sickle” of Communism should be as reviled as the “Swastika” of Nazism. The moderator of the discussion pointed out that although most current college students agree that Communism has killed over 100 million people (compared to the 12 million of…

  • Antisemitism

    You have to wonder, why is there so much antisemitism in the world? Some claim it’s a holdover from the Christian Middle Ages, but hatred of the Jews predates the Christian era. The book of Acts in the New Testament speaks of Emperor Claudius kicking the Jews out of the city of Rome. Pagan Rome…

  • Rob Reiner and Elmer Gantry

    Here it is only my fourth post and already I’m forced to refer to politics since so much of the world wants to mix faith and politics. So, I must respond to Rob Reiner’s attacks on Christians supporting Donald Trump. Before I do, let make it clear I’m a reluctant Trump voter. In the last…