America and Americans

I believe America is at a tipping point. Most Americans realize there is something deeply wrong with the nation we live in. Even non-Christians have had all they can take of the Leftists’ “woke” agenda, and especially of the vilification of common sense when it comes to our children. In recent years, we’ve seen parents […]

In January, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew faced an intense grilling by skeptical U.S. lawmakers about his company’s ties to Beijing and its alleged risk to national security. Calm under the barrage, he repeatedly denied wrongdoing and reiterated that the social media service had cut most of its connections to ByteDance, its Chinese parent. However,

During the years I was growing up in the United States, people who committed crimes were vilified and treated like, well, criminals; they were investigated, arrested, prosecuted, and, if found guilty, imprisoned, fined, or both. Their illegal activities were frowned upon by a majority of the citizenry and the law enforcement agencies that did the

I remember Ronald Reagan’s presidential election. And I distinctly remember the horrible condition Reagan stepped into when he pushed Jimmy Carter out of the White House: 19% interest rates that resulted in massive layoffs resulting in skyrocketing inflation along with America’s foreign policy in the tank, and the Cold War threatening another World War: but

We have watched the dissolution of the civility of American citizens that identified our nation as the kindest nation of people in history. Our leaders no longer talk about unity, looking past each other’s differences and respecting those different from us. Those have been replaced by divisiveness I’ve never seen until the turn of the

Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.  Deuteronomy 31:6 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen

Vignettes from progressive Christianity today: A Presbyterian church goes viral online for marking the Transgender Day of  Visibility with a public prayer to the “God of Pronouns.” The congregants of the church, First Presbyterian of Iowa City, pay obeisance to “the God of Trans Being,” giving due glory to “the Great They/Them.”    The United Methodist Church

I have always considered myself an ordinary guy, even though I never stopped thinking about just what that term means. I guess that now, in my “senior years,” I really should consider what that “ordinary” tag means. What does “ordinary” mean when describing a person? The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines ordinary as “of common quality, rank