Robert Meyer column
Robert Meyer is a hardy soul who hails from the Cheesehead country of the upper midwest. Robert is known by his opponents as a "clever rhetorician" who often exposes the fallacies of knee-jerk arguments presented in local papers. Seeking to develop precepts for every aspect of life — based on a conservative Christian worldview — Robert often gleans inspiration from looking off his back deck, over the scenic Fox river and recalling the wise counsel of those who mentored him. He can be contacted at Junkyarddog58@msn.com.
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September 2, 2010
The Ground Zero mosque controversy has been erroneously portrayed by certain news pundits as being an issue about religious freedom. Of course this is another . . .
Robert Meyer
August 14, 2010
In a recent letter to the editor of my local newspaper, Valley Scene columnist (a liberal arts and entertainment tabloid) Mr.N, a prominent local atheist, . . .
Robert Meyer
July 20, 2010
To many political observers, it probably appeared that the Tea Party movement came out of the woodwork or even thin air. But the roots of the movement go back . . .
Robert Meyer
June 22, 2010
I write a monthly column for a local arts and entertainment tabloid with a decidedly liberal slant. A fellow columnist, who I'll call Mr. N panned a new book in . . .
Robert Meyer
June 18, 2010
Most of the arguments over the heated immigration issue take on a similar form. People claim that Arizona's new law allows police to racially profile Hispanics. . . .
Robert Meyer
April 12, 2010
It was once claimed that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. In his time, Neville Chamberlain was probably the poster child for such a sentiment. In . . .
Robert Meyer
March 19, 2010
Recently, I received an E-mail from a gentleman who described himself as a "Bright." Just in case you are not familiar with the term, it is not slang for an . . .
Robert Meyer
February 16, 2010
Up until now, you probably have noticed that I have not engaged in much criticism of president Obama. I suppose it could be said that for me the honeymoon . . .
Robert Meyer
January 14, 2010
An editorial writer recently sought to make a point about the federal health care legislation, giving us an anecdotal story about a Republican congressman who . . .
Robert Meyer
December 18, 2009
A frequent contributor to my local newspaper wrote a piece before Christmas urging that religious Nativity displays don't belong on government property. Since . . .
Robert Meyer
November 5, 2009
A recent vitriolic anti-Christian editorial brought out the usual boiler-plate responses from both sides of the ideological continuum. One respondent argued . . .
Robert Meyer
October 13, 2009
There has much conversation in recent years about both the religious right and religious left, as to why their views differ. Since both movements claim to be . . .
Robert Meyer
September 17, 2009
One of the drawbacks of the current health care debate is that this issue is debated in terms of facts (which side is dishonest or misinformed about provisions . . .
Robert Meyer
August 20, 2009
When my local newspaper published the an article related to the latest folly of the Madison Wisconsin based Freedom From Religion Foundation, under the heading . . .
Robert Meyer
July 22, 2009
If we have seen it once, we have seen it a thousand times: somebody writes an editorial claiming that man-made global warming is a irrefutable scientific fact, . . .
Robert Meyer
June 16, 2009
Recent diatribes have appeared in the media criticizing and misrepresenting the rationale of those opposed to the Sotomayor nomination to the Supreme Court.
. . .
Robert Meyer
May 27, 2009
Every now and then, some event in life occurs that changes your entire outlook on things. Such an event merits writing about despite the fact that it deviates . . .
Robert Meyer
January 26, 2009
Along with the "coming out" of militant atheism in recent years, there has been a growing perception that freedom of religion is tantamount to public freedom . . .
Robert Meyer
January 20, 2009
To the consternation and disappointment of many ardent Obama supporters, Rick Warren, the famous mega-church evangelical author, was asked to officiate at the . . .
Robert Meyer
December 25, 2008
Virtually every year at this time, an issue over Christmas displays on public property, or some related church and state issue pops up. I call discussion of . . .
Robert Meyer
December 4, 2008
In the wake of the November election's repudiation of Republicans, there is a controversy among pundits about what Republicans need to do to stage a legislative . . .
Robert Meyer
November 26, 2008
One of the most common complaints registered during the recent election season, is that certain policy positions of political candidates are wrongly . . .
Robert Meyer
November 19, 2008
In the aftermath of this year's electoral train wreck for conservatives, my local newspaper has published a few editorial letters by people trying to offer . . .
Robert Meyer
November 7, 2008
On election night, just after Barack Obama was declared the President-elect, Fox News interviewed Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, who is thought to be a rising . . .
Robert Meyer
November 3, 2008
My call-in editorial was posted in Saturday's edition of a local newspaper, intended as a satirical presentation of some conspiracy theories which I have heard . . .
Robert Meyer
October 27, 2008
This election season, the editorial staff of my local newspaper has departed from their usual tradition of endorsing presidential and lower tier congressional . . .
Robert Meyer
October 20, 2008
The recent collapse in the stock market has caused a number of folks to smugly suggest that the advocates who promoted personalizing Social Security have buried . . .
Robert Meyer
October 13, 2008
Back in the fall of 1972, dark storm clouds were massing at America's horizon. The Watergate scandal was in its infancy.
We were on the threshold of a steep . . .
Robert Meyer
September 29, 2008
Senator Barack Obama once again reminded us during his Friday evening debate with John McCain at Oxford Mississippi, that his tax cut proposal will benefit 95% . . .
Robert Meyer
September 9, 2008
John McCain's selection for Vice-President, Sarah Palin, has electrified the conservative base, and has succeeded in attracting some voters back to the . . .
Robert Meyer
August 30, 2008
Nancy Pelosi's recent comments on the television interview program Meet The Press raised self-interested spin to a new level of deceit.
When Pelosi was asked . . .
Robert Meyer
August 22, 2008
It was McCain's finest hour so far — that hour he spent answering questions in an interview conducted by Pastor Rick Warren, at Saddleback church in California. . . .
Robert Meyer
July 11, 2008
Over the last several years, numerous editorial letters have been the subject of complaints that American politics do not reflect a true democracy. Many of them . . .
Robert Meyer
June 9, 2008
Editorial letters and columns often cite religion, particularly Christianity, for much of the world's past and present brutality and atrocity. Such was repeated . . .
Robert Meyer
May 7, 2008
Ben Stein has a dangerous idea. His idea is that professors and teachers who express skepticism about Darwinism are likely to find themselves not granted tenure . . .
Robert Meyer
April 2, 2008
It has been clear to me for a long time that the elections or appointments of judges is the most important issue at election time. In cases where appointments . . .
Robert Meyer
March 10, 2008
On March 4th, fans of the Green Bay Packers received their April Fool's prank about four weeks early — except this was no joke.
Brett Favre, the Packer's . . .
Robert Meyer
March 4, 2008
The late Christian philosopher and apologist Francis Schaeffer was once asked by a colleague which cultural trend he feared most looking toward the future. . . .
Robert Meyer
February 19, 2008
You can tell something troubling is afoot in the political landscape when all someone has to do is say they stand for "change," and they have the devotions of . . .
Robert Meyer
February 10, 2008
My own thoughts on the primary election season are a mixed bag to say the least.
Most pundits have acknowledged from the beginning that there is no true . . .
Robert Meyer
January 25, 2008
Numerous skeptics and modern historians raise an interesting question that has been hotly disputed in recent years; whether or not America was founded as a . . .
Robert Meyer
January 20, 2008
A recent addition of a conservative publication had a headline theme reminiscent of the late Edgar Allen Poe. The title was "The Fall of House of Clinton."
. . .
Robert Meyer
December 31, 2007
It seems that the Christmas season brings out the hostility of atheists and secularists, the way a full moon attracts howling predators.
I was stunned to . . .
Robert Meyer
December 8, 2007
Recently there has been a celebrated news release, detailing a new breakthrough in stem-cell research, which may make the existing moral controversy over the . . .
Robert Meyer
December 3, 2007
The Thanksgiving holiday has passed and now we move into the celebration of the Christmas holiday season.
With it will come the usual litany of criticisms . . .
Robert Meyer
November 18, 2007
The current ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, is investigating several Christian ministries which are . . .
Robert Meyer
November 9, 2007
Typically any discussion about breaches in the so-called impregnable wall of church and state separation are associated with right-wing fundamentalist . . .
Robert Meyer
October 18, 2007
In my local newspaper, several editorial letters have been written expressing support for those on the Kimberly, Wisconsin Board of Education, who are also . . .
Robert Meyer
October 6, 2007
The history of Christianity has been replete with examples of various theological disagreements and contrary schools of thought, even within the pale of . . .
Robert Meyer
September 10, 2007
I was once again saddened and disappointed by yet another revelation of a scandal within the ranks of the Republicans. This time it was Idaho Senator Larry . . .
Robert Meyer
September 5, 2007
Last week in the mail, I received a letter from Brian Fisher, the executive vice-president of Coral Ridge Ministries. The letter stated that Dr. D. James . . .
Robert Meyer
August 16, 2007
Sen. Russ Feingold has plans petitioning Congress to issue a censure resolution against President Bush, Vice-President Dick Cheney, and Attorney General Alberto . . .
Robert Meyer
July 29, 2007
Recently a local newspaper published a syndicated editorial cartoon, that if not entirely truthful, at least broached important issues regarding the Scooter . . .
Robert Meyer
July 18, 2007
I recently heard about a statement from a discussion that allegedly occurred between an Islamic student attending an American university, and a traditional . . .
Robert Meyer
June 27, 2007
As often occurs, a letter to the editor in a local paper prompted this piece. The writer of the letter attempted to showcase President Bush's hypocrisy . . .
Robert Meyer
June 17, 2007
I have heard it said that big problems are really just little problems that were neglected when they were small. Never was a truer word spoken in regards to the . . .
Robert Meyer
May 24, 2007
On May 22nd, they buried a man who had changed the course and structure of American politics as few others in the final quarter of the 20th century.
Jerry . . .
Robert Meyer
May 8, 2007
One of the most common phrases uttered by true conservatives, who are disgusted with Republicans in both houses of Congress who perpetually cave-in on standing . . .
Robert Meyer
April 17, 2007
Friday the 13th brought out that eerie mantra from the left again. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman wrote another editorial rant numbered among the . . .
Robert Meyer
April 8, 2007
The recent race for Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice between Annette Ziegler and Linda Clifford, provided yet another illustration of the double-standard, . . .
Robert Meyer
March 31, 2007
Lately, my home town newspaper has been reprinting historical front pages from the archives of one of its predecessor publications, commemorating watershed . . .
Robert Meyer
March 20, 2007
Now that the Democrats have majorities in both houses of congress, and seem poised to make a run at the presidency in '08, the idea of universal health care is . . .
Robert Meyer
March 12, 2007
Perhaps you are one of those people who often wonder how come there are so many professing Christians in America, yet the culture is deteriorating like a timber . . .
Robert Meyer
February 27, 2007
A statement that appeared in a recent piece from a liberal columnist, underscores and epitomizes the theme of much of what he has written in past columns.
He . . .
Robert Meyer
February 11, 2007
An issue that has garnered much attention lately, in between the media bites about Iraq and the salacious lives of celebrities, is the controversy over global . . .
Robert Meyer
January 30, 2007
Several days ago, I received an E-mail from a fellow who had read my recent series on atheism. His response started out rather promising, but unfortunately our . . .
Robert Meyer
January 23, 2007
Unless you are Rip Van Winkle, you now know that President Bush wants to send more than 20,000 additional troops to Iraq.
Personally, I would have felt . . .
Robert Meyer
January 15, 2007
When conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh gets an occasional caller from Appleton, Wisconsin, he frequently remarks that Appleton is the place where . . .
Robert Meyer
January 11, 2007
Recently a letter writer in my local paper has forced me to amend a New Year's resolution to be a kinder, gentler columnist; but for good cause I abandon that . . .
Robert Meyer
December 28, 2006
On December 23rd, my local paper featured an article entitled "Displays at the State Capitol Promote Democracy." The story was about the various religious . . .
Robert Meyer
December 27, 2006
The Apostle Paul warns in 1 Timothy 6:20 : "O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of . . .
Robert Meyer
December 24, 2006
Many of the critiques I have received so far, have focused on debunking analogies I have used, more so than refuting specific points against atheism. If you are . . .
Robert Meyer
December 17, 2006
Defining atheism is a daunting undertaking. It can be an elusive moving target, with constantly varying definitions and ramifications. The dictionary of . . .
Robert Meyer
December 11, 2006
It is quite possible that atheists as a group are more intelligent than the community of theists at large. I don't have statistical evidence to support this . . .
Robert Meyer
December 6, 2006
As a Christian believer, I am quite content to let the atheist believe what he or she wants. My rationale for this and other pieces on the subject of atheism is . . .
Robert Meyer
November 29, 2006
There is much speculation about what congressional democrats will do over the next two years. My column will be one of pure conjecture as well — I don't know . . .
Robert Meyer
November 26, 2006
During the run-up to the recent November elections various arguments were made, pro and con, on a gamut of issues. On topics such as same-sex marriage or the . . .
Robert Meyer
November 16, 2006
We had a Marriage Amendment referendum in Wisconsin this November, as they did in several other states. I have to admit that for a while I was pretty concerned . . .
Robert Meyer
November 13, 2006
Well, first off, let me admit that I was wrong! I am on record as saying that Sen. Feingold's recommendation that President Bush be censured was Feingold's . . .
Robert Meyer
October 28, 2006
Recently I participated in an interview conducted by Gavin C. Schmitt, who has a blog/website at http://framingbusiness.net/ I asked to be interviewed by him . . .
Robert Meyer
October 16, 2006
This past October 16th, I took time to remember and honor my deceased friend George Honkomp who passed away five years ago the same day. Rather than become . . .
Robert Meyer
October 8, 2006
Mark Foley is gone from Congress — that's the good news. Denny Hastert is on the ropes because of it — that is probably bad. Let me say from the outset that it . . .
Robert Meyer
September 25, 2006
How would you like to be the president of the U.S. right now? No matter what he does, he is wrong by default. He has to deal with the opposition, not merely of . . .
Robert Meyer
September 21, 2006
In the Monday, September 18th addition of the USA today, a Tennessee minister named Oliver Thomas wrote an op-ed column entitled "A Christian view of war." . . .
Robert Meyer
September 17, 2006
Hurricane Ernesto "mysteriously" spared Florida late last month, yet just over a year ago, Bush could do nothing to prevent Katrina from bearing down on a . . .
Robert Meyer
September 11, 2006
Since the commencement of the War on terror, we have heard various iterations of a famous statement by Ben Franklin from 1755.
"Those who would give up . . .
Robert Meyer
September 9, 2006
President Abraham Lincoln wisely noted that the philosophy in the school room of this generation will be the philosophy of the government for the next . . .
Robert Meyer
September 4, 2006
From my own perspective, I would say that former President Jimmy Carter has been probably the most surprising personality in recent years. His level of . . .
Robert Meyer
August 28, 2006
Most of us have heard at one time or another various iterations of the parable of the turtle and the snake. For those needing refreshing, or for those . . .
Robert Meyer
August 19, 2006
Well, it happened to me last night once again. I started talking to someone who has read one of my op-ed pieces or letters to the editor. Then they smiled and . . .
Robert Meyer
August 14, 2006
When observing the recent Connecticut democratic primary, which put an end to the incumbency of Senator Joe Lieberman, you have to wonder about the direction . . .
Robert Meyer
August 8, 2006
The latest media circus, the Mel Gibson arrest, has the potential to stay under the big top as a side show for a while.
Gibson was arrested for DUI. He was . . .
Robert Meyer
July 31, 2006
Recently, while doing an internet search, I came across a critique of a piece I wrote last December, regarding the assault on Christmas. Out of curiosity I . . .
Robert Meyer
July 27, 2006
Once again, the consequences and motives of the president's veto regarding the bill to expand embryonic stem-cell research have been grossly misrepresented. The . . .
Robert Meyer
July 6, 2006
Very recently, five Roman Catholic Bishops in Wisconsin, have come out with statements against capital punishment and also against same-sex unions. This is . . .
Robert Meyer
June 26, 2006
Liberals often view conservatives as a bunch mindless robots taking orders from a few central charismatic figures who programmed them. The famous and familiar . . .
Robert Meyer
June 12, 2006
Just a short while ago, USA Today did a feature article on the country band The Dixie Chicks. They became infamous in March of 2003, when their leader, Natalie . . .
Robert Meyer
June 1, 2006
The state of Wisconsin is moving closer to a public referendum this fall, which could result in an amendment to the State Constitution forbidding same-sex . . .
Robert Meyer
May 22, 2006
The question of why someone should be a Conservative, is one that may be addressed in differing ways. Much is made out of the traditional dictionary definitions . . .
Robert Meyer
May 13, 2006
I recall having read a book by a famous inspirational author some years back. The title was "Tough times never last, but tough people do." That slogan may . . .
Robert Meyer
April 29, 2006
Regardless of the level of theological sophistication, we can always be sure the critics "know" one thing: The Bible says that we should not judge one another. . . .
Robert Meyer
April 20, 2006
Some of the recent happenings in the economy illustrate how the present generation of Americans have learned to become helpless and pathetic. We see the price . . .
Robert Meyer
April 12, 2006
A dear friend who is now deceased often told me that big problems are just little problems that were neglected when they were small. Never was a truer word . . .
Robert Meyer
March 29, 2006
Wisconsin's junior senator, Russ Feingold, has recommended that President Bush be censured for "lying" about authorizing his "domestic spy" program against . . .
Robert Meyer
March 17, 2006
"Kill them all, let God sort them out." That was the saying displayed defiantly on the T-shirt of the ex-Marine I was working with. Obviously, that is well . . .
Robert Meyer
March 8, 2006
March is a month of the year to which many phases are attributed. We hear of "March madness," the warning, "Beware the ides of March," the poetic line "Mad . . .
Robert Meyer
March 7, 2006
Recently I received an E-mail message from an atheist correspondent, who presented me with the quote below. It was identified by E-mail as part of a letter from . . .
Robert Meyer
February 26, 2006
One of the first columns I composed as a writer was an analysis of the motives behind the criticism of Rush Limbaugh specifically, and public figures who . . .
Robert Meyer
February 19, 2006
The mainstream media, which is anything but mainstream, has again shown its propensity to make a mountain out of an ant hill. Over the past week, media pundits . . .
Robert Meyer
February 7, 2006
"Robert Bork's America is a land in which women would be forced into back-alley abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could . . .
Robert Meyer
February 1, 2006
January 29th marks the birthday of famous American thinker and essayist Thomas Paine. He is often thought of as a Founding Father, though he was not on the . . .
Robert Meyer
January 22, 2006
When speaking of the January Effect, I'm not referring to the tendency for stocks to trend for the entire year, in the direction that January's trading has . . .
Robert Meyer
January 18, 2006
A member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, perhaps Democrat Joseph Biden, declared that the confirmation process is broken. This was said in response to the . . .
Robert Meyer
January 16, 2006
In 1983 Congress passed a bill signed into law by President Ronald Reagan, commemorating the contributions of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a special holiday. . . .
Robert Meyer
January 1, 2006
In this eclectic society in which we live, there is the Book of the Month, the Fruit of the Month, and now we are graced with yet another category: President . . .
Robert Meyer
December 29, 2005
The past year brought about the usual manifold church and state controversies which are polarizing citizens farther toward opposite ends of the ideological . . .
Robert Meyer
December 24, 2005
A recent poll in my local newspaper revealed that a majority of readers agreed that there is indeed an assault on Christmas — no surprise there. What I found . . .
Robert Meyer
December 14, 2005
The "War against Christmas" has been a hot topic for discussion lately, even outside of the familiar venues. A letter to the editor by a local contributor . . .
Robert Meyer
December 11, 2005
With the eerie chill of fall descending on northeastern Wisconsin, a grizzly murder occurred on Halloween, horrifying the residents of this normally quiet rural . . .
Robert Meyer
November 30, 2005
On December 10th, a group of friends, associates and admirers will gather for a dinner to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the passing of a man who was . . .
Robert Meyer
November 20, 2005
I am a Community Columnist with my local hometown daily paper. I recently wrote a column commenting on the war in Iraq, which resulted in all of the typical . . .
Robert Meyer
November 14, 2005
I was recently forwarded an article entitled "10 Myths About Secular Humanism" from Free Inquiry Magazine by authors, Matt Cherry and Molleen Matsumara, and . . .
Robert Meyer
November 7, 2005
In 2000 presidential election, many of us who are conservatives probably had certain doubts about George Bush's convictions for advancing a conservative . . .
Robert Meyer
October 30, 2005
Recently we have been informed of the indictment against ranking Republican House member Tom Delay, Vice-President Cheney's Chief Of Staff, Lawrence "Scooter" . . .
Robert Meyer
October 16, 2005
To confirm or not — that is the question regarding the president's latest appointment to the Supreme Court, Harriet Miers. Ironically, that question seems to be . . .
Robert Meyer
October 2, 2005
While driving around town I saw a sign that said something like "Support the troops — bring them home." Unlike Vietnam, I couldn't help thinking that abandoning . . .
Robert Meyer
September 18, 2005
Yeah, I know, this piece should have come out last month. But I just couldn't help throwing my two cents into the discussion. Cindy Sheehan is off the front . . .
Robert Meyer
September 11, 2005
Late on the evening of September 4th, I was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist. He took his seat on the . . .
Robert Meyer
September 7, 2005
In a statement by Annie Laurie Gaylor, Co-President of the Wisconsin based Freedom From Religion Foundation, she asks blatantly...
"Is anything more useless . . .
Robert Meyer
August 28, 2005
One of the age-old arguments that has been foisted against Christianity, is the canard about how Christianity is responsible for most of the world's hatred and . . .
Robert Meyer
August 21, 2005
The rhetoric is heating up in an effort to discredit Supreme Court nominee John Roberts.
It is already getting so intense that NARAL, a national abortion . . .
Robert Meyer
August 7, 2005
I could never be a judge on the Supreme Court or any lower court for that matter. I look at the case of Judge John Roberts' nomination by the president, and I . . .
Robert Meyer
August 1, 2005
The editorial staffs of some Wisconsin newspapers have taken up as their cause du jour, vouching for the objectivity of Wisconsin's Attorney General Peg . . .
Robert Meyer
July 17, 2005
Many howls of protest have been lodged against the session ending Supreme Court decision which expanded the government's power of Eminent Domain. Some people . . .
Robert Meyer
July 10, 2005
President Bush has been handed a unique opportunity, and has been given a chance to fulfill a vital campaign promise at the time.
With the retirement of Sandra . . .
Robert Meyer
June 27, 2005
I'm encouraged to hear about the proposed ban on morning after pills on Wisconsin college campuses. Of course, such a proposal will be viciously opposed, but it . . .
Robert Meyer
June 15, 2005
Virtually everybody knows the dirty little political secret that plagues this country, but few politicians in either major political party are willing to . . .
Robert Meyer
June 6, 2005
Last week a group of protesters demonstrated in front of the Green Bay office of Wisconsin Congressman Mark Green. It seems that their big beef was that a . . .
Robert Meyer
May 24, 2005
Word is just in that a compromise deal has been reached by certain "cool-headed" moderate elements within the Senate. The compromise I'm talking about is the . . .
Robert Meyer
May 17, 2005
One of the most popular themes in the forum of political discussion, and usually the object of profuse castigation, is the perceived agenda of the "religious . . .
Robert Meyer
May 8, 2005
In recent weeks, we have seen the news media inundated with stories concerning the activities and criticism of highly ranking House of Representatives member, . . .
Robert Meyer
May 2, 2005
Over the past several weeks there has been a great controversy over the confirmation hearings of John Bolton for the post of U.S. embassador to the U.N. Once . . .
Robert Meyer
April 26, 2005
Last week my wife and I took a driving trip to northern Alabama to visit an uncle and cousin. The highway distance was just under eight hundred miles each way, . . .
Robert Meyer
April 14, 2005
As a non-Catholic evangelical Christian with Reformed leanings, I would likely have had a host of doctrinal differences with the late Pope John Paul II. But a . . .
Robert Meyer
April 1, 2005
Surveys show that even a majority of evangelical Christians favored hastening Terri Schiavo's death by denying sustenance through a feeding tube. There are at . . .
Robert Meyer
March 27, 2005
It has been fully a year since my older brother passed away, and I would like to share thoughts on that anniversary. The original title, "He Ain't Heavy, He Was . . .
Robert Meyer
March 19, 2005
It is obvious that the final frontier for liberals — the last best hope to forward their agenda, is in the judiciary. When we look at how this country has . . .
Robert Meyer
March 6, 2005
Once again, multiple cases concerning the public display of the Ten Commandment have arrived at the hallowed halls of the Supreme Court for adjudication.
Of . . .
Robert Meyer
February 28, 2005
Over the past several weeks, a Colorado college professor named Ward Churchill has garnered more than his 15 minutes of fame. Stories about him have grown legs . . .
Robert Meyer
February 13, 2005
Some political experts say the recent presidential election had implications concerning "moral values," a term needing clarification in a post-Christian culture . . .
Robert Meyer
February 9, 2005
The first recipient of Social Security, Ida May Fuller, paid $24.75 into Social Security, and received benefits of over $22,000. A pretty sweet deal I might add . . .
Robert Meyer
January 27, 2005
In 1797, our second president John Adams made a statement that would be literally astounding and intolerant by contemporary benchmarks: "...Our Constitution was . . .
Robert Meyer
January 17, 2005
Shortly after the tsunami disaster in Asia, which claimed the lives of about 150,000 people, predictably a lightbulb turned on spontaneously in the minds of . . .
Robert Meyer
January 9, 2005
Besides New Year's resolutions and bone-chilling temperatures, January reminds me of an important issue. I think of Roe v. Wade, that horrendous act of judicial . . .
Robert Meyer
January 3, 2005
On June 5th, 1973, veteran Canadian radio journalist Gordon Sinclair, issued, perhaps his most famous broadcast in an editorial piece called "The Americans." . . .
Robert Meyer
December 28, 2004
The day after Christmas, fans of the Green Bay Packers, and the sports world in general, were shocked to hear of the death of former defensive superstar Reggie . . .
Robert Meyer
December 20, 2004
Recently I saw some news segments that featured debate on whether the teaching of Intelligent Design, should be curriculum taught along side of evolution in . . .
Robert Meyer
December 12, 2004
One of the advantages to writing numerous editorial letters, is that there is a tendency to develop a fraternity of like-minded individuals who are easily . . .
Robert Meyer
December 7, 2004
I participate in reader forum with my local newspaper. The editor asks a question pertaining to current issues, and I am asked, along with others, to comment . . .
Robert Meyer
November 30, 2004
As the debate over Intelligent Design vs. evolutionary theory tends to flair up now and again, it is important to register some observations about the nature of . . .
Robert Meyer
November 21, 2004
With the presidential election having been decided, and George W. Bush winning a second term, look for complaining by the liberals on a variety of pseudo . . .
Robert Meyer
November 13, 2004
A recent E-mail conversation with an inquiring gentleman has led to the conclusion that it is necessary to address, at least in part, the issue of Christ being . . .
Robert Meyer
November 3, 2004
On Halloween Sunday, I played couch potato, watching my beloved Packers play the Washington Redskins, while also experiencing guilt watching my wife toiling . . .
Robert Meyer
November 1, 2004
Saturday, John Kerry came to Appleton Wi., where I have lived most of my life. He stopped for his political speech at a school I once attended. I was invited to . . .
Robert Meyer
October 26, 2004
President Bush is despised for his black and white positions on various issues. Particularly any time Bush displays such contrasts as "good vs. evil" or "right . . .
Robert Meyer
October 19, 2004
Now with the debates behind us, you probably have additional reasons why you won't vote for John Kerry.
A whole host of reasons have been brought to light from . . .
Robert Meyer
October 15, 2004
In 1975, singer/songwriter David Geddes scored a hit with the song The Blind Man in the Bleachers. It relayed a story about an unmotivated, so-so football . . .
Robert Meyer
October 10, 2004
Late last winter, my wife and I stood in line at a local theater, waiting to view the movie "The Passion of the Christ." Directly in front of us just happened . . .
Robert Meyer
October 2, 2004
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among . . .
Robert Meyer
September 26, 2004
An ancient eastern proverb declares that "when the student is ready, the teacher will appear." Never has that literary wisdom become more of a living truth, . . .
Robert Meyer
September 20, 2004
Recently, there has been a renewed call to put an end to the death penalty, culminating in the moratoriums and outright commutations in various jurisdictions. . . .
Robert Meyer
September 14, 2004
In the biography under my articles, it says that I believe in the precepts of a conservative Christian worldview. One reader questioned me as to the meaning of . . .
Robert Meyer
September 6, 2004
It was three years ago this weekend that president Bush came to my locality to give a speech at a union labor hall. I couldn't help but wonder how things might . . .
Robert Meyer
August 25, 2004
We frequently hear from various quarters that the news media, particularly the established networks of television and newspaper reporting, are biased toward the . . .
Robert Meyer
August 17, 2004
In my hometown newspaper, our perpetually disgruntled resident atheist proved with his most recent call-in editorial piece, that his perspective on Christianity . . .
Robert Meyer
August 8, 2004
President Bush was correct in principle to have made tax cuts the hallmark on his economic stimulus package. But in a sense he is trying to win the derby riding . . .
Robert Meyer
July 27, 2004
It seems more frequently than ever that we look in the editorial column of our local paper, and discover some diatribe against the public display of religious . . .
Robert Meyer
July 19, 2004
We have often have heard from the left leaning camp, that the primary problem with terrorism comes from our foreign policy. If we would pull our troops out of . . .
Robert Meyer
July 14, 2004
A common gripe posted in editorial columns, is that we have had a bad economy under president Bush's tenure, and again long for the prosperous days of Bill . . .
Robert Meyer
July 3, 2004
Now that the week of Reagan remembrance is a pleasant memory, the "boo birds" and naysaying magpies have migrated back into the editorial columns with their . . .
Robert Meyer
June 21, 2004
There has been a renewed uproar regarding the decision of certain Catholic Bishops, to withhold Communion from those politicians who have had a voting record . . .
Robert Meyer
June 13, 2004
With the War on Terrorism still focused on Iraq, I can't help comment on an issue that has cropped up again and again the past couple of years. That would be . . .
Robert Meyer
June 6, 2004
The quintessential question asked by past generations was often an inquiry into where one was or what one was doing, when the news flashed that a famous leader . . .
Robert Meyer
June 1, 2004
Once again Former vice-president Al Gore has shown us that he never deserved to be president, in spite of garnering more popular votes in the 2000 election. Who . . .
Robert Meyer
May 23, 2004
I read with interest the interviews that were printed in a locally circulating tabloid, that chronicled the opinions of leaders from some of the area's pacifist . . .
Robert Meyer
May 15, 2004
If atheism is the philosophical morphine which provides refuge from contemplating the future justice of God, and the justification for abdicating spiritual . . .
Robert Meyer
May 1, 2004
There is no shortage of editorials praising the sacrifice made by Arizona Cardinals defensive back Pat Tillman. Nor can there ever be enough. Tillman was the . . .
Robert Meyer
April 25, 2004
A famous statesman once declared that the government that governs least, governs best. No doubt that can be the case. Such a statement may delineate true . . .
Robert Meyer
April 19, 2004
I have heard many people claiming that the new law banning partial-birth abortion is just a cloaked means of chipping away at Roe vs. Wade. Well, to be honest, . . .
Robert Meyer
April 8, 2004
Saturday April 3rd, I delivered a memorial message for my older brother's funeral. Two-and-a half years earlier I had done the same for my best friend, hoping . . .
Robert Meyer
April 6, 2004
If I need a round of amusement, I no longer turn on the comedy channel, I just go directly to any newspaper. There you will find some chest-pounding . . .
Robert Meyer
March 28, 2004
Examining the circumstances surrounding the preposterous ninth circuit court decision on our Pledge of Allegiance reveal that plaintiff Michael Newdow is little . . .
Robert Meyer
March 21, 2004
Once again this week, the "erudition" of a local editorial writer proved to be the catalyst for another opinion piece. Readers of the opinion page in my local . . .
Robert Meyer
March 15, 2004
The recent terrorist bombings is Spain serve as another poignant reminder of why the war on terrorism is a battle of eternal vigilance. These senseless attacks . . .
Robert Meyer
March 7, 2004
I have to admit to being less then impressed with the rationale posited by the cadre of Monday morning armchair quarterbacks as they criticize our country's . . .
Robert Meyer
March 1, 2004
As the debate over a constitutional amendment banning homosexual marriage raged in the Massachusetts legislature only weeks ago, activists from both sides of . . .
Robert Meyer
February 22, 2004
Over the Valentine's day weekend, the city of San Francisco issued an open invitation to marry same-sex couples, in violation of the California state . . .
Robert Meyer
February 15, 2004
I was inspired to write this piece, based on a letter to the editor sent to my local home town newspaper, and forwarded to me by a local vitriolic atheist. He . . .
Robert Meyer
February 9, 2004
Almost two-and-a-half decades ago, Bob Dylan, inspired by a recently claimed religious conversion, hoarsely whispered those famous words "You gotta serve . . .
Robert Meyer
February 1, 2004
While we have all heard of the Enron scandal, along with other fleecing of employees and the public by large corporations, we often forget to consider the great . . .
Robert Meyer
January 18, 2004
I recall a time not so long ago when being tolerant meant putting up with a half-dozen inoperative motor vehicles that the ruffians next door had parked in . . .
Robert Meyer
January 11, 2004
We are rapidly approaching the holiday set aside to honor Dr. King. Perhaps the most often remembered concept associated with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, was . . .
Robert Meyer
January 4, 2004
This past fall, Fox-news pundit Alan Colmes released a new book entitled RED, WHITE AND LIBERAL. His book in turn had a chapter called "Jesus was a liberal." It . . .
Robert Meyer
December 30, 2003
This past summer you replied to a letter sent to you by my uncle. He was inquiring as to how your editorial board defines "wealth" in terms of income threshold, . . .
Robert Meyer
December 21, 2003
One of the revelations which should have been gleaned from our country's recent war with Iraq is the total ineptitude of the U.N. as a governing body. The U.N. . . .
Robert Meyer
December 15, 2003
Sunday morning's newsflash regarding the capture of Saddam Hussein will likely trigger more editorial pieces than any other news item since the liberation of . . .
Robert Meyer
December 8, 2003
I am not a Roman Catholic, and in fact I was highly critical concerning the handling of the pedophile/homosexual scandal within the church. Having prefaced my . . .
Robert Meyer
December 3, 2003
There has been a growing outcry from the public about judicial tyranny: the tendency of liberal courts to read between the lines of the U.S. Constitution and . . .
