Preying on Fear: The Crime-wave Hype

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/fbi-report-crime-down-republican-election-fear-rcna121384

https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/2022-fox-news-created-crime-crisis-failed-attempt-sway-midterms

The American Right seems keen to promote the notion of a serious crime wave and it's now taken for granted by those within the movement and among those who regularly digest its media. But is it true?

Racism is Alive and Well in the United States

https://apnews.com/article/florida-race-and-ethnicity-racial-injustice-veterans-ku-klux-klan-fa0ec4120b1457f56c527108074795b5

This article needs to be read, especially by many of the people I know who believe that racism is effectively a dead issue. In their middle class suburban-shaped minds, the claims of racism made by today's Left are akin to showboating, a case of dog whistle and identity politics that play to a base.

A Christian Victory in Indonesia?

https://www.persecution.org/2021/01/23/indonesia-appoints-christian-man-national-police-chief/

This is presented as some kind of victory, something to celebrate. In truth it's tragic, a case of compromise on display. We have a professed Christian who will now wield the sword of state – and what state? A state with a horrific and bloody past that the present administration is unapologetic about, a president who protects the criminals still living associated with the American-backed genocide of the 1960's.

Facial Recognition and the March Toward Dystopia

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/07/07/fbi-ice-find-state-drivers-license-photos-are-gold-mine-facial-recognition-searches/

Law enforcement is just helping itself to our personal data. And they're not collecting it and sifting it because they suspected you did something. They're just running your data through their filters and algorithms... because they can.

Police Protection for the Church: Evangelicals, America and Guns

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/12/523603112/alabama-senate-says-church-can-start-its-own-police-force

A Church, a Church-affiliated campus, with a police force? Why the controversy?

This move by an Alabama PCA is hardly surprising and will even be praised by many. Not a few Evangelicals are confused as to why this would even be an issue. It's normal for colleges and universities to have police forces, so what's the big deal? Why are people so bothered by this?