A Simple Exercise
Simply close your eyes and think of your favorite thing in the whole world besides queso dip. Okay. Got it? Now you’re going to have to open your eyes again because these paragraphs aren’t going to read themselves.
Society
The Opioid Crisis and the Clash of Worldviews: Why the Christian Explanation Holds Up
The opioid epidemic is a national tragedy. Despite decades of warnings, education campaigns, and rising death tolls, people continue to purchase and use substances they know could kill them.
Democrats Can’t Win Debates, So They Create New Words, Bastardize Old Words
By changing the meanings of words & inventing new words, sometimes almost overnight, Dems have confused & degraded our culture & politics. The Hate-Filled Left has broadened the term “white supremacy” to include anyone with a conservative thought.
The Art of the Cast: A Brief History of Fly Fishing and Its American Journey
Fly fishing isn’t just a way to catch fish—it’s a deliberate dance, a poetic pursuit, and, as Norman Maclean wrote, “a religion, with a rod as the medium of conversion.”
With Equity And Justice For All?
Without a motive to endeavor, be it profit, glory, or other recognition, society will stagnate. Then collapse.
Even in Liberal Areas, the Trump Effect Is Doing Good Things
Once a ‘transgender’ person reaches legal adulthood, if he wants to undergo such procedures, that’s his business. But leave the kids alone.
Baseball’s Thorny Rose
Pete Rose was not even cold when Major League Baseball’s (MLB) commissioner Rob Manfred lifted his “permanent ban” from the game.
The Temptation of Artificial Intelligence: Re-Learning from the Lessons of Eden
In the timeless tale of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the pursuit of knowledge led to dire consequences. Driven by the desire to understand good and evil, they reached for the forbidden fruit.
Was it an Oval Office Ambush or a Rare Opportunity to Watch How the Sausage is Made?
Like many Americans, I watched the extraordinary meeting between President Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa last Wednesday. It was one of the most fascinating encounters I have ever witnessed.
The Sin of Nihilism: A Call to Reverse Our Nation’s Decline
Fellow Americans, we stand at the precipice of moral and spiritual decay, a fate worse than any foreign tyrant or invading army.
How’s it Going to End – If We Do Nothing?
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the old movie “The Truman Show.” Not so much about the fictional enactment of a television director’s vision of utopia, but about the movie’s big question: “How’s it going to end?”
The Shadow of Evil: Humanity’s Descent During World War II
Evil, in its most harrowing form, emerges not as an external force but as a seed within humanity, capable of growing under the right conditions.
Thin Ice: How Humanity’s Fallen Nature Surfaces When the Systems Fail
It doesn’t take much for civilization’s glossy veneer to crack. We like to think of ourselves as evolved, enlightened beings, but beneath the surface lies the same brutish, selfish creature we’ve been since Adam and Eve reached for the forbidden fruit.
Throw the Bums Out!
A vociferous minority of foreign students, in cahoots with thousands of narcissistic and oblivious American students, continue to disrupt life on college campuses. We need to throw the bums out.
Democrats Normalizing Violence: Will They Repeat The 2020 Riots This Summer?
Democrat leaders are normalizing political violence, forbidden by our Constitution, statute, and 250 years of history. They know it. They are playing with fire, hoping to provoke nationwide anti-Trump violence this summer. Chaos is the last refuge of the ideologically bankrupt.
All In a Name
When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected pope, he chose the papal name Leo. In Latin the name means lion. My confidant explained, “Leo is an Augustinian, so the choice reflects a desire to reconnect with the past, more toward the foundations of the Church
Kids Living Behind Enemy Lines, Tale #42: West Linn, Oregon Schools Collapsing
This confused, abused boy was running for West Linn High student body president, pretending to be a girl. In the early 1990s, on our 45-house street alone, there were 100 children, most under age 10. Now, there are fewer than 20. Indeed, there are so few children in the West Linn-Wilsonville School District^ that the school …
We are not going to make it without God and a spiritual awakening of America
For centuries, America has been the shining city on the hill, the land of opportunity, a unique Republic with liberty and justice for all. These have been displaced by immorality in our entertainment, dishonesty of our media and elected officials, intensive censorship in social media and the public square, the suppression of dissent, and, yes, even public safety, secure borders, and honest elections.
Gospel, or Prosperity Gospel?
Prosperity theology tells us that if we have faith (and donate to Christian ministries), we will receive financial blessings. Stop! That’s a dangerous belief!
The Vanishing Point of Justice: Epstein, the Files, and a Society’s Silent Consent
Over 200 human traffickers were arrested this month. Not suspects. Not persons of interest. Arrested. Charged. Booked.
Most Americans didn’t hear about it. Fewer still seemed to care.