Opinion

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on July 2 issued an executive order to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus while keeping Texas as open as possible for business.

Some contemporary characterizations of Jesus describe Jesus as a man who did not engage in confrontation or talk about judgment. One modern view of Jesus is that He came as the ultimate peacemaker; as one who sought peace at any cost. This incomplete portrait paints a picture of a Jesus who never challenged anyone other than to call for love, peace, and tolerance. As a teacher of wisdom and a teller of parables, it is claimed by some that Jesus did not force people into hard choices, but was a religious genius who was kind, compassionate, and gentle.

For months, the Washington Post and the rest of the mainstream media kept a morbid Covid-19 “death count” on their front pages and at the top of their news broadcasts. The coronavirus outbreak was all about the number of dead. The narrative was intended to boost governors like Cuomo in New York and Whitmer in Michigan, who turned their states authoritarian under the false notion that destroying people’s jobs, freedom, and lives would somehow keep a virus from doing what viruses always do: spread through a population until eventually losing strength and dying out.