Kody W. Cooper

Nov 3, 2024 | positionpapers.ie | Kody W. Cooper

Once upon a time, critical legal studies (CLS) and its offshoot critical race theory (CRT) were niche academic movements in higher education. After the death of George Floyd in 2020, they were suddenly catapulted into the center of public life. CRT concepts like “equity” and “antiracism” became buzzwords, and books like Ibram X. Kendi’s How to be an Antiracist and Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility:Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism sold hundreds of thousands of copies.

Nov 1, 2024 | wordonfire.org | Kody W. Cooper

In a recent survey by Dr. George Barna, some surprising findings were announced about Christian participation in the 2024 election. The survey found that over 100 million of 212 million people of faith—nearly half—plan to sit the election out. More specifically, 46 million churchgoing Protestants and 19 million churchgoing Catholics plan not to vote, and put their head in the metaphorical sand.

Oct 22, 2024 | wordonfire.org | Kody W. Cooper

The recent vice presidential debate was watched by forty million Americans. Like past vice presidential debates, this one is unlikely to make much difference in the outcome of the election. But it may be remembered for a different reason: It brought to the foreground the troubling reality of post-birth abortion. It also provided pro-lifers an opportunity to make a powerful argument against the pro-choice position.

Oct 5, 2024 | wordonfire.org | Kody W. Cooper

I was recently contacted by a distant relation on my mother’s side of the family. He was filling out the branch of the family tree that included the children of my maternal grandfather, Henry Holtorf. He invited me to look at his work, documenting the family tree stretching back several generations to my great-great-great grandparents, Carsten and Wiebke Holtorf, of the small town of Schalkholz in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany.

Oct 2, 2024 | wordonfire.org | Kody W. Cooper

Once upon a time, critical legal studies (CLS) and its offshoot critical race theory (CRT) were niche academic movements in higher education. After the death of George Floyd in 2020, they were suddenly catapulted into the center of public life. CRT concepts like “equity” and “antiracism” became buzzwords, and books like Ibram X. Kendi’s How to be an Antiracist and Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism sold hundreds of thousands of copies.