Category Archives: Critical Thinking

Principles and Policies Podcast for 11/9/2012- Discovering Too Late That There Are Consequences To Worldviews

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday November 9, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze an article by an author who has adopted a Sex And The City lifestyle and is now realizing its consequences.

Article links- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2227880/The-lonely-legacy-Sex-And-The-City-lifestyle-Claudia-Connell-gives-painfully-honest-account-came-living-middle-age.html#ixzz2BO0TaYUv

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/15/us-birth-rate_n_1779960.html

Principles and Policies Podcast for 11/8/2012- The Societal Consequences Of Rejecting Standards

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday November 8, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze an article by Dr. Walter E. Williams entitled Our Deviant Society in which Williams discusses how the desire to become non-judgmental means that all absolutes and standards are being dropped.

Article links- http://cnsnews.com/news/article/scalia-restoring-constitution-i-dont-know-im-optimistic

http://cnsnews.com/blog/walter-e-williams/our-deviant-society

Principles and Policies Podcast for 11/7/2012- Frodo Lives!

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday November 7, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss an interview with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in which he likens his lonely fight to return to constitutional originalism to Frodo’s quest in the Lord Of The Rings.

Article links- http://cnsnews.com/news/article/scalia-restoring-constitution-i-dont-know-im-optimistic

Principles and Policies Podcast for 11/6/2012- Just The Facts, Ma’am

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Tuesday November 6, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis talk about the electoral implications of an exercise Chuck ran on his Facebook page. Chuck asked supporters of Mitt Romney to provide actual proof of Mitt Romney’s positions. The result? Exactly 0% of the replies (more than 60!) contained ANY proof whatsoever. Exactly 100% of the replies contained attempts to question the motivations behind the exercise, whining about the rules, attempts to bypass the rules, arguing about the rules, claims that the rules were a violation of “freedom to argue,” etc., etc. Now why do you suppose that is?

By the way, you can friend Barry Sheets (Gallipolis, OH) and Chuck Michaelis (Westerville, OH) on Facebook and while you’re at it Like the Institute For Principled Policy and Friends of Camp American.

Principles and Policies Podcast for 11/3/2012- A Potpourri Of Election Bloviation

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Saturday November 3, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis do a wrap-up on the pre-election chatter and discuss the usual federal court outrages, blatant voter fraud, campaign tactics, polling (and what they may or may not mean), alleged polling experts and the silliness of their positions and an analysis of who is viewed by the electorate as the better candidate on certain key issues.

Article links- http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/presidential-campaign/265063-likely-voter-polls-dont-tell-the-whole-story-advantage-obama

http://www.visionforumministries.org/issues/ballot_box/are_we_electing_a_pastorinchie.aspx#r2

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/election_2012

Principles and Policies Podcast for 11/2/2012- The Obama Campaign’s Use Of Surrogates On Controversial Issues Is No Fluke

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Friday November 2, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze a recent interview with the infamous Sandra Fluke regarding her peculiar choice of areas of activism and find that, like an iceberg, the largest and most damaging section of her agenda is under the surface.

Article links- http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/28/sandra-fluke-free-birth-control-will-help-career-women-candidates-shed-barriers-of-unwanted-children-video/

Principles and Policies Podcast for 11/1/2012- Homeland Security Is Co-Opting Local Law Enforcement

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Thursday November 1, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis report on a recent Presidential Executive Order creating a supposed “partnership” between Homeland Security and local law enforcement that is a “partnership” in the same way that the Mob has “partnerships.” It’s a rather one-sided deal.

Article links- http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/29/obama-executive-order-expands-homeland-security-reach-into-local-law-enforcement/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/10/26/executive-order-establishing-white-house-homeland-security-partnership-c

Principles and Policies Podcast for 10/30/2012- Bless Me, What ARE They Teaching In Those Schools?

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Tuesday October 30, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss a recent edict from Homeland Security Grand Poobah, Janet Napolitano (Big Sis) that children must be trained from kindergarten on to become government snitches.

Article links- http://cnsnews.com/news/article/dhs-cybersecurity-education-begins-kindergarten

http://www.dhs.gov/blog/2012/10/26/inspiring-next-generation-cyber-professionals

http://csrc.nist.gov/nice/

Principles and Policies Podcast for 10/23/2012- Pretzel Logic, The 14th Amendment, And The Defense Of Marriage Act

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Wednesday October 23, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis continue and expand their critical analysis of a recent federal court decision which finds that the Federal Defense of Marriage Act, an exercise of Congress’ power to enforce Article IV of the Constitution, is unconstitutional. Huh?

Article links- http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/religious-implications-of-ny-federal-appeals-court-striking-down-doma/2012/10/19/f2b2f006-1a0b-11e2-aa6f-3b636fecb829_blog.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/doma-defense-of-marriage-act_n_1980197.html

http://news.yahoo.com/gay-marriage-judge-overturns-doma-stepping-pressure-supreme-195800574.html

Principles and Policies Podcast for 10/22/2012- The 14th Amendment As Constitutional Trump Card

Our Principles and Policies radio show for Tuesday October 22, 2012. Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze a recent federal court decision which finds that the Federal Defense of Marriage Act, an exercise of Congress’ power to enforce Article IV of the Constitution, is unconstitutional. Huh?

Article link- http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/guest-voices/post/religious-implications-of-ny-federal-appeals-court-striking-down-doma/2012/10/19/f2b2f006-1a0b-11e2-aa6f-3b636fecb829_blog.html