Shane Vander Hart

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Shane Vander Hart is the founder and editor of Caffeinated Thoughts.

Making Assumptions Is Never a Good Thing

Shane Vander Hart: I have experience working with juvenile offenders and unlike Matt Walsh, I can’t “automatically assume” the Uber Eats carjackers’ are fatherless.

U.S. Homeschooling Households Double During Pandemic

The U.S. Census Bureau reports that according to their Household Pulse Survey, the number of households that homeschooled doubled between May to October in 2020.

No One Needs Our Hot Takes

Shane Vander Hart: Let’s dispense with the hot takes and pursue facts and truth. Let’s apply James 1:19 to breaking news – be quick to listen and slow to speak.

What is Privilege?

Shane Vander Hart: Discussing racial differences and diversity, in general, requires both humility and patience from everyone involved.

What Will You Choose?

Shane Vander Hart: Every Christian standing up to the sexual revolution will have to choose will they stand on their biblical convictions or will they acquiesce?

Working in the Public Realm Does Not Negate Religious Freedom

Shane Vander Hart: Significantly burdening religious liberty without considering if there is a compelling government interest is not “fair and equitable.”

The Equality Act’s Threat to Religious Liberty

Shane Vander Hart: The Equality Act sets up a clash between LGBT rights and faithful Americans’ religious conscience rights, and faithful Americans will lose.

Cruz’s Unforced Error

Shane Vander Hart: Ted Cruz is free to leave the country even while his home state is in a state of emergency, but it is a colossally bad decision to do so.

Farewell, Rush Limbaugh

Shane Vander Hart remembers Rush Limbaugh, a conservative radio pioneer, who passed away after a battle with lung cancer.

All Republicans Need to Hear This Message from Ben Sasse

Shane Vander Hart: The rage directed at Ben Sasse is not about abandoning principles or conservative policy, but about not bending a knee to Trump, that’s wrong.

Over 62,500,000 Lives Lost and a President Who Celebrates It

Shane Vander Hart: After 62.5 estimated lives lost to abortion, President Joe Biden wants to expand abortion access, have taxpayers pay for it, and see Roe v. Wade codified.

Presidents Come and Go, the Administrative State Rolls On

Shane Vander Hart: Inauguration Day is a great reminder that anything Presidents do by executive action never last, but the Administrative State continues to grow and expand.

Kirk’s Six Principles of Conservatism

Shane Vander Hart: Conservatism is about principles, not personalities or politics. Russell Kirk offers some principles to help formulate a working definition.

Just Let President Trump Finish His Term

Shane Vander Hart: Calls for the president’s cabinet invoking the 25th Amendment and now talk about removing him through impeachment are wrongheaded and will further divide us.

Vice President Pence Can’t Reject Electoral Votes

Shane Vander Hart: Vice President Mike Pence does not have the power to reject electoral votes, the Constitution does not give him that power.

How To Ruin A Biblical Prayer

Shane Vander Hart: U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver prayed a prayer that most Christians could pray in agreement and then ruined it with wokeness at the end.