Making Things Up
Here’s a story that maybe even my siblings don’t know. One of my earliest memories is of the “Great Root Beer Caper.” Long ago, there was an A&W Root Beer… Read more »
Category: Politics
It’s Worse than he Thinks
“It has been said that parties are a reflection of those they represent and that we get the leaders we deserve. We need to come to terms with the hard… Read more »
Read the Bill
I’m leery of social media, but I still lurk about its corners. It gives me ideas sometimes. But it’s supremely dangerous, and its purveyors know it. That doesn’t stop them… Read more »
That’s the way it is…?
A Wall Street Journal opinion editorial piece caught my eye today. Titled “A Simple Idea for Speedier Government,” it talked about the early success of a Pennsylvania program that refunds… Read more »
Monday Random
I like good coffee, but I don’t think I qualify as a snob. I’m not in the market for the latest coffee maker or filter or plunger or grinder because… Read more »
Ryle on Passive Graces
Another wonderful passage from J. C. Ryle’s book, Holiness: Genuine sanctification…will show itself in habitual attention to the passive graces of Christianity. When I speak of passive graces, I mean… Read more »
Fool me twice…
This week I’ve given some thought to a bit of a problem with professed “Christians” and the Republican Party. I was prompted by a couple of things, first of which… Read more »
The Outsized Influence of Loud Mouths
I saw an interesting tweet this morning in response to a “Christian” conference advertisement. The conference was being held by a group that, unfortunately, has received a bit of press… Read more »
Wednesday Random
When I can’t come up with anything specific (that isn’t so complicated that I’ll get started only to find that I can’t really handle it in a single day’s writing),… Read more »
The more you know…
I understand that it seems to be getting harder to know who or what to believe. The world’s kind of gone topsy-turvy lately, and while the boon of the internet… Read more »