Peter Heck

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Peter Heck is an author, speaker, and teacher from Kokomo, Indiana. An author of nine books, Peter's opinions have been published in The Washington Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News.

Is it alarming to anyone that Biden has apologized for every position he’s ever taken?

By Peter Heck
Contributor

Fri, Oct 30, 2020

Joe Biden has made it abundantly clear that he believes he has been wrong on nearly every position he’s ever taken. Make sure you follow that – it’s not that Republicans say Biden has been wrong, it’s that Biden says he’s been wrong.

Principled conservatives may be anti-Trump but they don’t vote for Biden

By Peter Heck
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Wed, Oct 28, 2020

Saying Donald Trump and his party aren’t worthy of your vote is a principled stand…so long as you say the same thing about Joe Biden and the Democrat Party.

Todd Starnes takes on John Piper…and it’s truly disappointing

By Peter Heck
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Mon, Oct 26, 2020

Editor’s note: Mr. Starnes reached out to The First to refute Mr. Heck’s claims that he was tweeting about John Piper. “It’s a long-standing line I’ve used to question Never Trump Evangelicals,” Starnes said. “The entire column is false.” We regret the error and appreciate Mr. Starnes’ feedback, time, and response. *** One of the …

The courts aren’t a winning campaign issue for the left

By Peter Heck
Contributor

Sat, Oct 24, 2020

Though you wouldn’t know it if you watched the final presidential debate of 2020 Thursday night, one of the major closing issues in the campaign is the one over court packing. After weeks of bizarre stonewalling over the fairly straightforward question whether he supports the far-left’s proposed plan to increase the number of justices on …

COVID is Biden’s closing pitch, and I’m not sure it’s a winner

By Peter Heck
Contributor

Fri, Oct 23, 2020

With the final presidential debate upon us, it’s clear that the Biden camp, along with their surrogates and public relations wing that is commonly referred to as the mainstream media, have settled on COVID response as their silver bullet to bring down Trump. It’s understandable. Biden is an exceptionally weak candidate himself. Every flaw of …

If you want to know why Christians supported Trump, it’s because of Amy Coney Barrett

By Peter Heck
Contributor

Tue, Oct 20, 2020

Christians made a bargain in 2016, and it’s actually paid off.

Start valuing family and friends over your politics

By Peter Heck
Contributor

Thu, Oct 15, 2020

I know the temptation and tendency to point and gawk at the train wreck happening within the controversial Conway family. Kellyanne was an extraordinarily successful political strategist who essentially managed to do the impossible – coordinate a winning presidential campaign for one of the most unpredictable candidates in U.S. history. George was a marginally successful …

All it would have taken was a little self-restraint

By Peter Heck
Contributor

Wed, Oct 14, 2020

There was a feeling I just couldn’t get over as I watched the vice-presidential debate last week. I was glad to see I wasn’t alone: It’s true that I think Mike Pence is a poised politician with a calm, reassuring demeanor. To be fair, a large part of that has to do with the fact …