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Of Tall Tales and the Humble Mitochondrion

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Sep 17, 2023 | Book (& Other) Reviews, Random Commentary

Image: 3D visualization suggesting DNA, a free to use Unsplash image by user Braňo. Back in August, the Institute for Creation Research (ICR) posted a discussion to YouTube entitled These Scientific Papers Destroy Evolution. In the discussion, Dr. Mark Stengler...

Opposing Anarchy, “Defending” Skepticism, and Promoting Life to Liberty-Lovers Gone Wrong

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Dec 3, 2022 | Annotated Quotations, Book (& Other) Reviews, In The News, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere, Random Commentary, Trinity Foundation Reviews

Prospective Remarks This post comprises three sets of remarks: The first set laments how anarchists dominate groups I formerly believed I could endorse. I desire a nation, states, and localities characterized by liberty, not anarchy. One group of liberty advocates who...

Abolishing Abortion: On Role Models, Leaving a Party, and Paying for Emancipation

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Nov 28, 2022 | Book (& Other) Reviews, DMH Personal News, English Usage, In The News, Random Commentary

Introduction and Contents My dissatisfaction with American political options persists. As I continue to reflect on what matters most to me in the political realm, I find I must make adjustments to my affiliations and entertain solutions to problems that I would not...

Culture War: What Is It Good For? (Or, My Sad Farewell to the Culture War)

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Nov 22, 2022 | Activism (Petitions and Such), Book (& Other) Reviews, In The News, Pet Peeves, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere, Random Commentary

Introductory Remarks: Culture Peace As Possible God, through the Apostle Paul, urges his people to, “as much as lieth” in them (that is, insofar as doing so lies within their control), “live peaceably with all men” (Romans 12:18). For a while...

2022 Q3 Correspondence, Part 2: Christian Libertarianism Reconsidered

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Sep 20, 2022 | Activism (Petitions and Such), Book (& Other) Reviews, DMH Personal News, In The News, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

Image: Liberty & God’s Law. Copyright © David M. Hodges, piouseye.com. Created by combining and modifying free-to-use images from Pixabay and Pexels. Welcome to the latest collection of my off-site correspondence, including online discussion posts and,...

2022 Q3 Correspondence, Part 1: Let Them Live!

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jul 31, 2022 | Activism (Petitions and Such), Book (& Other) Reviews, DMH Personal News, English Usage, In The News, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere

Welcome to the latest edition of the series formerly known as “prompted letters,” which chronicles my off-site correspondence with all and sundry. As will be noted in the Pious Eye “About” page when I get around to updating it, all posts on...

Concluding Political Postscript to 2020: My Christian Nationalist Libertarian Platform

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Jan 4, 2021 | Activism (Petitions and Such), DMH Personal News, English Usage, In The News

Image: Christian Nationalist Libertarian © 2021 David M. Hodges, piouseye.com. Created by combining, modifying, and adding to public domain images obtained via goodfreephotos.com and publicdomainpictures.net. Preface ˅ Our nation’s degeneration into tyranny...

Dark-World Animadversions and Other Remarks

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Apr 9, 2020 | Activism (Petitions and Such), Book (& Other) Reviews, DMH Personal News, English Usage, In The News, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere, Random Commentary

Image: PiousEye Storm Warming. Created by David M. Hodges for the Pious Eye site by combining and modifying a public domain image and an image by Wikimedia Commons user Dudva, the latter of which was used and reworked in accord with its Creative Commons 4.0 CC BY-SA...

Akashic Records Prompt Letters

by Pious Eye (David M. Hodges) | Apr 4, 2020 | Activism (Petitions and Such), In The News, Pet Peeves, Posted (or Sent) Elsewhere, Random Commentary

Since most things that occur to me, and to most people, do turn out to have occurred to someone else before (Ecclesiastes 1:9), I fear I must credit this and all my posts to the mystical Akashic records, that storehouse of all that sentient beings have ever thought or...