The Care and Feeding of the Very Few

“War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.”  — Smedley...

Stop It!

I have just two words for you.  Write them down.  Stop It! -- Bob Newhart Stop It! I’m a patriot.  All three of my sons are patriots.  Two are Sergeants in the United States Marine Corp.  Both of those sons served in Iraq.  They are both out now.  One did four for the...

Wars of Small Laws

  When you break the big laws, you do not get freedom; you do not even get anarchy. You get the small laws. — GK Chesterton   Wars of Small Laws     Donald Trump pivoted from billionaire celebrity to the world’s most powerful politician by...

Because that Book is the Bible

The borough has no business overseeing a group of people reading and discussing a book together on private property—even if that book is the Bible. — Randall Wenger, Chief Counsel for the Independence Law Center Because that Book is the Bible A Christian family in...

Salvation by Information

Of making many books there is no end, and much study wearies the body … here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it...

The Church of Tolerating Everything

And do we really believe that our fellow men do not also spit out the tepid?  — Anthony Esolen   The Church of Tolerating Everything In his article entitled, “Christians are born for combat: don’t run from that calling” Professor Anthony Esolen writes, “To my...

Body Blows for Truth

If Democratic leaders didn’t make it repeatedly clear how much they despise this country the Republican Party would be dead by now. — Tucker Carlson, yesterday on FoxNews     Body Blows for Truth Last night Tucker Carlson asked on his popular FoxNews show,...

Christianity YESTERDAY

Even though Christianity Today voiced all kind of left-wing criticism against Trump, there is one point where the left-wing magazine did not voice a single criticism against Trump: Homosexuality. It was the only issue where Christianity Today exempted Trump.  I was...

Echoes

If you can’t say anything nice don’t say anything at all. — Old saying Echoes I was raised in a unified culture that celebrated a shared history going back to the Pilgrims of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Everyone spoke the English language. The holidays honored high...