Timm's 2 Cents Worth

Why the next Supreme Court Justice pick is so important Or, why we don’t want a justice who will overturn Roe v. Wade President Trump will be announcing his nomination to fill the vacancy that will be created when Justice Anthony Kennedy retires.   Justice Kennedy’s surprise announcement has generated a lot of discussion on both sides of the aisle.   Liberals are already decrying the death of Roe v. Wade (which, in my humble opinion isn’t a bad thing) and conservatives are saying they want a Justice that will overturn Roe v. Wade.   Both sides have made their positions clear: keep or destroy Roe v. Wade. As pro-life as I am, I think both sides have it wrong.   And dangerously so.   First, a little civics lesson.   Article 1, Section 1, places “all legislative powers” with Congress, the Legislative branch.   The Supreme Court cannot make “law.”   Asserting that the Supreme Court makes the “law of the land” is not only wrong but u...

A Climate Change Advocate’s Guide to Communicating With Skeptics or  How to Approach Climate Skeptics Without Losing Your Argument I’m not really sure when or where it happened, but at some point, we lost civil discourse in our country.  President Obama said that, and I agree.  But it seems like although we have acknowledged a lack of civility, we’ve done nothing about it.  This is no more evident that in discussions about climate change.  I will admit that I’m a skeptic for a number of reasons.  First and foremost, I find it hard to believe that man, created by God, would have the power to destroy what God created on such a large scale. A conservative talk show host I used to listen to, Steve Deace ( www.stevedeace.com ), once said that to be truly able to successfully convince others to your side, you must engage in three-dimensional thinking: 1) Know why you believe what you believe, 3) Know why others believe what they believe, and ...

Why I’m Not Convinced Continuing DACA Protections is What’s Best for America The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) protection for those brought to the U.S. by their parents has been in the news quite a lot lately.  In fact, it was a pivotal point in the Democrat position during the government shutdown in January.  I won’t, and don’t mean to, imply that the shutdown was one party’s fault or the other.  In my opinion, not having a budget approved, much less a government shutdown, is a failure of both parties, not one or the other.  Getting the government running again is also not a victory for one party or the other.  But I digress.  I’m not convinced that it is in the country’s best interest to continue DACA or to provide amnesty to those in the country illegally, regardless of how they got here. Before going on, I think it’s important to point out that DACA is not law.  Any argument to the contrary is based on, at best, a misun...