Category Archives: Critical Thinking

PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES PODCAST FOR SATURDAY 6/10/2023- The (Mostly) Republican Presidential Field And What They’re Really Running For

Principles and Policies Podcast For Saturday 6/10/2023- Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss the Republican presidential candidates and what they are hoping it results in. We throw in a couple on the Democratic side for contrast.

PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES PODCAST FOR SATURDAY 5/27/2023- Invoking The 14th Amendment For Raising The Debt Ceiling? Not So Fast!

Principles and Policies Podcast For Saturday 5/27/2023- Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis debunk the, frankly, absurdist interpretation of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution that claims that somehow the POTUS can invoke Section 4 to unilaterally raise the federal debt ceiling.

PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES PODCAST FOR SATURDAY 5/20/2023- The Durham Report; So, Who Colluded With Whom, Now?

Principles and Policies Podcast For Saturday 5/20/2023- Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis talk about the Durham Report and the fallout from the whole Trump-Russia Hoax, the ginned up impeachments of Donald Trump, the January 6 kangaroo court. Can a Republican House of Representatives overcome a virtual media boycott of the report?

PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES PODCAST FOR SATURDAY 5/13/2023- Protecting Our Constitution From Fraudsters And Emotional Manipulators

Principles and Policies Podcast For Saturday 5/13/2023- Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis analyze the upcoming ballot issue to require a super-majority vote of 60% “yes” on any referendum to amend the Ohio Constitution. We also discuss the attempt to pass a constitutional amendment by referendum to put abortion and gender altering treatment for children into the Ohio constitution, claiming it is about women and children’s “health.”

PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES PODCAST FOR SATURDAY 5/6/2023- What Christian Nationalism Means And What It Does Not

Principles and Policies Podcast For Saturday 5/6/2023- Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis have a wide-ranging discussion of Christian Nationalism, Mere Christendom, sacralism, Kuyperianism, the effect of your eschatology on your worldview , and bank failures. How does that all tie together? Listen and find out.

PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES PODCAST FOR SATURDAY 4/29/2023- The Con-Con Con…Again Plus Things You’re Not Supposed To Read And People Don’t Want To Talk About.

Principles and Policies Podcast For Saturday 4/29/2023- Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss Barry’s health update, a looming constitutional convention call, books you’re not supposed to read and things people don’t want to discuss. Plus Joe Biden announces his re-election campaign to resounding disinterest.

PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES PODCAST FOR SATURDAY 4/1/2023- Relationships Under Construction Banquet Update and Nashville School Shooting

PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES PODCAST FOR SATURDAY 4/1/2023- Just What Is Relationships Under Construction All About, Anyway?

Principles and Policies Podcast For Saturday 4/1/2023- Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis give an update on the Relationships Under Construction banquet then segue into a discussion of the current effort to get a ballot issue the proponents call the “Women’s Reproductive Health Care Initiative”. Barry explains that this initiative has nothing to do with health care but is an attempt to set abortion and transgender surgery for children and adults into Ohio law. We also discuss legislative shenanigans and the Nashville school shooting.

PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES PODCAST FOR SATURDAY 3/4/2023- A Quick (And Completely Inadequate) Primer On The Conflict between Ukraine and Russia

Principles and Policies Podcast For Saturday 3/4/2023- Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss the war in Ukraine after Barry gives a brief health update.

PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES PODCAST FOR SATURDAY 2/25/2023- Just What Is Relationships Under Construction All About, Anyway?

Principles and Policies Podcast For Saturday 2/25/2023- Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis interview Catherine Wood, the Director of Relationships Under Construction, about what RUC IS, why it matters and how you can help. 

PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES PODCAST FOR SATURDAY 2/18/2023- Derailments And Incompetence At Every Level

Principles and Policies Podcast For Saturday 2/18/2023- Barry Sheets and Chuck Michaelis discuss the issues surrounding the E. Palestine, OH train derailment and its implications