[December 1, 2024] As we speed toward the end of 2024, most of us might look back and think how bizarre the year turned out to be. It’s easy to be pulled downward into the grip of pessimism and negativity. A strong belief in the goodness of people is the medicine that moves us toward a cure. One… Read More »
[November 30, 2024] Throughout the 1960s, there was a credible belief that the expanding world population would drive global starvation and other catastrophic consequences. In response to a request from the U.S. Population Council, Frederick Jaffe wrote a memorandum outlining then-current ideas for population control (reducing total population numbers and growth). At the time, Jaffe was the vice… Read More »
[November 29, 2024] In the 1960s, there was a popular idea circulating in academia that the world’s population growth was rapidly exceeding its environmental and technical limits to support itself. The results would be widespread starvation, affecting mostly children in poor nations, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and parts of southwest Asia. Ideas behind this thinking started in the… Read More »
[November 28, 2024] There are many ways to give thanks. Thank you to God, Country, and Family. And, of course, to our many friends who are scattered around the world who are never forgotten. My favorite contemporary cartoonist, Michael Ramirez, drew this one for us and thank those who make Thanksgiving Day possible. Ramirez created this for Veterans… Read More »
[November 27, 2024] Be loyal to your family, respect them, honor and protect them. Dedicate yourself to their well-being, for they are the ones who are on your team. “Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your GOD is giving you.” — Exodus 20:12 Loyalty is too frequently… Read More »
[November 26, 2024] Rabbi Pinchas Taylor alerts us to a Muslim man who tells two stories contrasting Muslim versus Jewish faith. In these stories, Muslim’s lives were saved by Jews but the Muslims were embarrassed by the fact that their lives are owed to a Jew. See the video here. I transcribed the presentation as best as possible,… Read More »
[November 25, 2024] His name was ”Lex” Walker, and he was from Stonewall, Texas, the same town as the late President Lyndon B. Johnson was from. I didn’t make friends easily in those days. Maybe it was my outstanding personality (that’s sarcasm) or the Brylcreem hair gel that I used on my head that made me so popular.… Read More »
[November 24, 2024] One of the benefits of a trained eye for art is when I find something notable, there is an obligation to call attention to it. DM Sculptures is run by a true artist with a good eye for beauty and, most importantly, the artistic talent to put that inspiration into physical form. One of my… Read More »
[November 23, 2024] We are now in the third week since the U.S. presidential election and we are still seeing a Leftist meltdown. In one case, a Memphis, TN florist decided to ban Trump supporters from her business with predictable results. Kristin Wolter made the announcement that her business, Everbloom Designs, would no longer profit from voters who… Read More »
[November 22, 2024] Russia launched an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile at Dnipro, Ukraine, yesterday to send a stern message to the West and Ukraine that they are still capable of striking anywhere, anytime with a nuclear weapon. This missile appears to have had six reentry warheads, all inert. “Ukraine is the first country in the world to be… Read More »