New Year, new hope…
Every year brings its triumphs and its failures; 2016 will be no different. What is unique for this turn of the calendar is the confluence of perils threatening our way […]
Perfect Timing
When I was young I loved to watch Figure 8 racing on Wide World of Sports every Saturday. If you have never heard of this type of racing, it is […]
Merry Christmas from the Founding Fathers!
Many modern commentators routinely declare that the Founders of our nation were not particularly religious, going so far as to describe them as “deists,” if they had any spiritual inclinations […]
Thoughts of Christ at Christmas
As we approach another Christmas season, I feel that too often the one left out of the festivities is the One for whom the holiday is named: Christ. There is […]
Understanding “Radicalization” is easy…
doing something about it is hard. Islam is a religion, and Muslims are those who follow that religion. Islam isn’t a race or ethnicity; it is entirely different. All religions […]
We Need Wisdom
In the day and age we live in we could certainly use a little wisdom. But where are we to find it? The Old Testament Book of Proverbs would be […]
Freedom is not a suicide pact
A favored strategy of those who consider the American way of life to be a flawed construct is to use our freedoms against us, turning Constitutional concepts into vehicles for […]