On This Episode:

ELECTION 2022 PREDICTIONS AND ANALYSIS

What happened in this election is one party talked about the economy, crime, and inflation while the other talked about a terrible event at the Capitol 2 years ago, “threats to democracy,” and their love for abortion. The issues people care about right now aligned with the first party while the second party yelled at them for not caring about other things. That will ultimately mean a 25-30 net pickup in the House for Republicans and a 53-47 control of the Senate for Republicans.

GRANTING COVID AMNESTY?

An Atlantic writer recently proposed that we grant amnesty for those that ended up getting so much wrong about their Covid response. I definitely want to offer grace and understanding to regular people who were driven into semi-madness because of media manipulation and a bad news bias. However, for the leaders who imposed their policies with the attitude of being the only arbiters of truth, we must accountability. Fortunately through court rulings, election outcomes, and new paradigms, we’re getting a lot of that accountability.

THE PAUL PELOSI STORY

I’ve noticed that too many conservatives – and way too many Christians – are given to conspiracy theories. That is happening around this story. At the same time, I’m noticing an opposite delusion on the other side that this attacks is directly related to conservative rhetoric or that violence is uniquely on the Right. We have to be people who diminish temperatures, call people to reality, and pray for peace.