Jerry Newcombe

CP Op-Ed Contributor

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Mar 6, 2022
Are peaceful protests under attack?
There seems to be a double standard when it comes to truly peaceful protests versus the violent ones. Since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis at the hands of a policeman (now convicted of manslaughter), there have been hundreds of protests across the United States.
Feb 27, 2022
The faith of George Washington
We live in an era where the heroes of yesteryear are often vilified. It’s hard to believe that George Washington, “the father of our country,” fits in that category.
Feb 25, 2022
Cohabitation: Preparing for divorce?
Marriage is a gift from God. But marriage is in a sad state in America today, and we all suffer because of it.
Feb 13, 2022
The missing link in the Whoopi-Holocaust story
The Holocaust is a 77-year-old story. Yet Whoopi Goldberg got in trouble last week for getting a major aspect of it wrong.
Feb 5, 2022
Dismantling American history one statue at a time
Why does the battle over history matter? Because a nation that doesn't know what it was yesterday doesn't know what is today, nor does it know where it's going tomorrow.
Jan 29, 2022
Abortion is a spiritual battle
It’s time we follow the biblical ethic and treat the unborn as we ourselves would want to be treated. Let them live.
Jan 23, 2022
'Free to vote' should not mean 'free to cheat'
Going forward, we must make sure that elections are fair and just — that it is easy to vote, but difficult to cheat. And the place to do that is in the state legislatures — according to the Constitution Joe Biden swore to uphold.
Jan 14, 2022
1619 Project author gets historical facts wrong
There’s a battle over history in our time. And this battle has big implications as to what our nation was, is, and ever will be.
Jan 7, 2022
Ben Franklin’s advice for a better year
Even if we applied just one of these principles from Dr. Franklin in 2022, it would tend to make us more “healthy, wealthy, and wise” in the new year.
Dec 24, 2021
Christmas with the presidents
Reagan pointed out on December 24, 1983, “Some celebrate Christmas as the birthday of a great teacher and philosopher. But to other millions of us, Jesus is much more. He is divine, living assurance that God so loved the world He gave us His only begotten Son so that by believing in Him and learning to love each other we could one day be together in paradise.”