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John Livingston

First In, First Out

I was happy to hear about the release of American basketball star and two-time Olympic Champion Brittney Griner from a Russian Prison in exchange for Viktor Bout known to US intelligence agencies and the DEA as “the merchant of death”, an international arms dealer who is responsible for the deaths of several Americans. The press […]

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John Livingston

Tolerance vs Intolerance

Growing up in central Ohio and in a community dominated by Irish and German Catholics and Scotch Irish Evangelicals I was exposed to many media evangelists. Billy Graham, Sister Angelica, and the Venerable Bishop Fulton Sheen were favorites in my family and in the homes of many of my friends. I read many of their […]

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John Livingston

Love the Sinner and Hate the Sin

I very much appreciate the feedback I receive on my Gem State articles. Fortunately, most of the very negative feedback comes via e-mail. The response that I received about my pushing back on the comments of Sunny Hostin when she opined on TV that Jesus would be at the head of the LGBT parade have […]

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John Livingston

The Price of Political Courage

Conservatives when discussing issues of political philosophy and public policy with progressive liberals (Democrats and Republicans) believe that progressive policies are bad, but those people who believe in such policies are good people and well-meaning. On the other hand, our opponents not only think that our ideas are bad, but we are in fact bad […]

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John Livingston

What Would Jesus Say?

Sunny Hostin, one of the hosts on THE VIEW, opined last week that “if Jesus were on earth right now—He would play a leading role in The LGBT parade.” The assumption of the moral high ground without a moral predicate is common amongst secular humanists who believe that they can define for themselves their own […]

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Equal Rights, not Special Rights, for all

It’s strange when people invoke terms such as ‘equal rights‘, while they have no intention of honoring such. So many people today, for reasons unknown, endorse ‘special rights‘ believing them to be ‘equal rights‘. There’s a great deal of confusion between the terms so let me see if I can adequately explain the differences for […]

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