We're in a fight right now for the future of Western civilization and for the preservation of free speech.

And I view all of my commentary work and all of my interests in the American political system through that lens.

CNN political analyst Scott Jennings talking about his presentation at this year's issues, etc., making the case conference.

We have to preserve Western civilization. We have to preserve Western civilization.

We have to preserve free speech.

And I think most issues and most politics comes down to those two fundamental issues.

I think it's good for audiences to have their bubbles popped.

I think it's all too easy in American political culture right now

to get yourself in a silo or in a bubble where only the

information that you want to hear that confirms your priors is what you see. And I think it's detrimental

to the average citizen to be stuck in a silo or a bubble like that. You can meet and hear Scott Jennings

at the 2025 making the case conference Friday, July 18th and Saturday, July 19th at Concordia University, Chicago.

Find out more at issuesetc.org.

They have Selma envy. The left wants to claim the immoral authority of the civil rights

movements, so they keep inventing new civil rights movements. They keep getting watered down

and increasingly absurd so that moral superiority has been the meaning. Public officials certainly

have the right to protect the health and public safety. But the first amendment, including

the free exercise of religion, it's never suspended.

The best place to look for this is Ephesians 526.

He cleansed her by the washing of water with the word.

And we can say, who cleanses who?

And the answer is we don't cleanse ourselves.

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