[April 10, 2024] I was behind on the count at bat with two strikes and zero balls. It was also the bottom of the ninth inning, and my team was behind one run with my teammate at the hot corner, third base and potentially the tying run. On my Little League baseball team, we called this being in… Read More »
[April 9, 2024] Ten years ago, I wrote about the failure of the Obama Administration to protect the fledgling democratic movement in Ukraine from being destroyed by the Russian war machine. I wrote, “Since the U.S. had no strategy, policy, or leadership on the Ukraine War, that … we are accepting [read violent] behavior” by Russia (see link).… Read More »
[April 8, 2024] Finally! Springtime is here, and the trees are budding, the flowers are blooming, and the pollen is putting my sinuses in overdrive. Yet, I must say that I do love spring, for it represents hope, and it is hope that allows us to hang onto the future for our families. There is always a need… Read More »
[April 7, 2024] I was recently asked to give a sermon to a church congregation near my home. This is one thing I’ve never done: give a religious sermon. What follows is my message, and although the following is in narrative form, I only used this as a notes. I think it is better to speak by looking… Read More »
[April 6, 2024] Yesterday, I was at a local car dealership getting repairs completed on my car and sat in the waiting room where the television was on the CNN channel. Jake Tapper interviewed ex-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and socialist Bernie Sanders. Tapper was questioning both, Bernie followed Leon, about President Biden’s turnaround, no longer supporting Israel… Read More »
[April 5, 2024] You know who she is. Joanne Rowling – better known as JK Rowling – is the famous British author who wrote the Harry Potter series. She is articulate, brilliant, bold, rich, and brutally tells the truth. For some time now, she has been embroiled in the latest transgender craze because she is publically appalled by… Read More »
[April 4, 2024] My boss, Mr. Amato – also called “Mr. A.” – ran his gasoline service station as if his life depended upon it, and in a way, it did because the livelihood of his wife and seven children stemmed from selling gasoline to customers. I was a new gas jockey at his station in my sophomore… Read More »
[April 3, 2024] As a follow-up to yesterday’s article about Communism, Dr. Jordan Peterson looks into those attracted by the Marxism that powers the Communist ideology. His thoughts are particularly important since Marxism is growing in the West, alongside Woke ideology, while simultaneously, Communism is failing everywhere it is tried. “Marxism fell out of favor in the 1970s,… Read More »
[April 2, 2024] Here is something controversial: Communism is the worst political system of the modern era, according to any objective measure. Today, we can see that over the past few decades, Communism has failed both as a political ideology and economic system. Communist nations are struggling: Russia, China, Venezuela, North Korea, Cuba, and Laos. Only Vietnam has… Read More »
[April 1, 2024] Lightning arced across the sky, followed by a loud clap of thunder. I found myself standing in a doorway to avoid a downpour, and I admit to being shaken a little. Many years ago, when I was a boy, an older man living down the street was someone all of us kids avoided; we were… Read More »