Look at the mess our public schools are in; they used to teach kids to obey their parents and the parents use to teach kids to respect and obey their teachers.  But education is no longer merit-based.  It's based on a feel-good philosophy that promotes the lie that everyone is equal in ability.  It's just … Continue reading Moral Education Equals Freedom

In the early 1960's former CIA director Robert Gates called North Korea "the toughest intelligence target in the world."  Since the ending of WWII in 1945, the Korean peninsula has been divided into north and south "countries", each believing to be the controlling government of the entire peninsula.  What was called the Korean War supposedly … Continue reading The North Korean Threat

Social media is big business. Some methods also mean instant disbursement of information during any event, whether it be a crime, a wedding, or a parade. Anything and anyone becomes fair game in public to be a player in a tweet or cell phone video or end up on someone's Facebook page--whether they want to … Continue reading Twitter: It is what It is

Todd Starnes reported on Foxnews.com that a 10 Commandments monument was rammed and destroyed less than 24 hours after it was set up.  It was on the capital grounds at Little Rock, Arkansas, and was the result of the Arkansas 10 Commandments Act which required the monument be placed on the capital grounds. Of all … Continue reading Lawful Civility Lacking

A Nebraska Democratic Party volunteer leader has been dismissed for saying he was glad House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R.-La) got shot and "wished he were dead." Phil Montag was secretly taped, and refuted the tape, saying it had been edited, and was an attempt to blackmail him into publicly supporting Chelsey Gentry-Tipton, the Black … Continue reading In-party Fighting must STOP

Reports coming out of Sterling Heights, Michigan tell of a round up of one hundred to two hundred Iraqi immigrants, many of them Christians, who are in the U.S. legally. Some of them have been in America for 40 years! Some of them don't even speak Arabic, yet they are going to be deported and … Continue reading Deportation: When is it Wrong?

Remember the movie Forest Gump?  Forest said his mama always told him "Stupid is as stupid does." She didn't call everyone stupid that did stupid things, she meant people sometimes do stupid things, and you need to think about doing something before you do it. To me, Forest took on life with all the enthusiasm … Continue reading Being Stupid: A Human Thing

Here's what some of the esteemed professors at some of our universities are saying about the Alexandria shooting (from the BBC): "Republicans have proven impervious to mass shootings and I don't think you'll see any reforms now," said Adam Winkler, a UCLA law professor and gun policy expert. "This will be business as usual, they … Continue reading From the Halls of Ivy

CBS news has a video of Rep Gary Palmer (R-Alabama) being interviewed. Gayle King said they were hearing reports that shooting might have been "politically motivated." Really??  What rock do these reporters live under?  When the shooter asked if they were Republican's or Democrats on the field, what OTHER motivation would he have? Palmer said … Continue reading The Alexandria Spin Has Started

Reverend Peter Marshall was one of the best-known Senate Chaplains, appointed Jan. 04, 1947 after WWII ended and the Korean War was beginning.  Ten years earlier he had become the minister of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C.  He came from Scotland, and became an American citizen in 1938. On Jan. 13, … Continue reading Humility and Responsibility