Children are akin to potato chips . . . it’s pretty hard to stop at just one. My wife and I wanted a big family. Four kids later, we’ve got a biggish family going, but it could always be bigger. But, then there’s Providence. As a married couple we participate in the creative act, but we do not control it. It’s the Author of life | Read More »
Quite frankly, you have to see it to believe it. And in seeing it, you will have received a portent of where we are going and how far we’ve already come. I am of course referring to Lady Gaga’s Alejandro music video. But, before I discuss the video and provide a link to it, some explanation of the context in which this post is written, | Read More »
It’s Provincetown, Massachusetts, and that alone certainly explains a lot. It’s a bastion of progressive, leftist thinking . . . especially progressive, leftist thinking with regard to sexuality. Provincetown, at least among leftists, is a model of sexual liberation and tolerance that serves as a shining example of what America should be. Provincetown has a public school system there to educate the young, and a | Read More »
Promoted from the diaries. -ed. I had the great pleasure of seeing Pope John Paul II in 1993 during the World Youth Day events held in Denver, Colorado. I have fond memories of that time, for it was a very moving and influential experience. But, it was also punctuated by debate. On many street corners anti-Catholic groups were handing out literature to the throngs of | Read More »
There’s a great elephant roaming the living room of western civilization. All the western family is gathered in that living room and cocktails are being served, but the elephant, although perfectly obvious, is being perfectly ignored. That elephant is Islam. Incidences like the Fort Hood massacre happen, yet official reports omit explanative terms relating to motive, like “Islamicist” or “Jihadist”. Riots occur with frightening regularity | Read More »
There’s an old story. You’ve probably heard it or some version of it already. It’s about an elderly lady caught in a flood. She’s sitting atop the roof of her home, which is the only part still remaining that’s not underwater. The lady is a Christian and she’s praying to Jesus to be saved from her mortally dangerous predicament. Several rescue boats come by . | Read More »
Warning: The diary that follows is Christian in nature and in particular, Catholic. It’s about an element of the culture war that is decisively harmful to the basic building block of a healthy society: the attack on human sexuality and by proxy therefore, marriage and family. It is, I hope, interesting, informational, and thought provoking. If it inspires even one person out there to consider | Read More »
In the words of Popeye, “That’s all I can stands, cuz I can’t stands n’more!” Furthermore, it’s high time we pop open a can of spinach, and let the fisticuffs begin. Here’s the first thing I’d like to punch with spinach induced fortification: I’d like to rid these United States of its preoccupation with victimhood as a result of race. Chasing phantom racists around every | Read More »
Over 40 years ago, bra burning entered the consciousness of America. It was supposed to be a sign of defiance and a rejection of traditional female roles in western culture . . . women’s liberation as street theater. Now, it’s 2010 and women’s lib has been trumped in the multi-culti pecking order. You’ve come a long way baby . . . only to be handed | Read More »
There are many folks these days who are actively worshipping the Great Benign Whatever in the Sky. The adherents of this religion may be called “GBWITS” (pronounced, “Gib-wits”), the acronym for ‘Great Benign Whatever in the Sky’. So then, who exactly are the GBWITS worshipping and why is it a problem? First, the identity (the ‘who’ question) of the Great Benign Whatever in the Sky: | Read More »
For my entire professional career, I’ve worked in higher education. And, I’ve seen all that the frontlines of multiculturalism have to offer. For example, just days after 9-11, I had to vociferously defend the foreign policy of the United States, the honor of our military, and the charity of the American people to coworkers who insisted on saying that the still smoking ruins of the | Read More »
No, this post is not about the Civil War. I don’t want to discuss in detail the history of the United States circa the 1860’s. Rather, this is about history yet to happen. It’s about a new emancipation potentially happening over a century from the first. And, it’s sorely needed, for a new and even more insidious form of slavery abounds nearly unchecked in the | Read More »
Recently, I wrote a post called, “Inside the Abyss’ Strategy Room.” The post used fiction to make some statements and conclusions about some possible religious/supernatural aspects of socialism. It was basically written in the vein of C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters. Several commentators of the post were very kind in suggesting that I consider expanding the post into a full length book. It never dawned on | Read More »
I’m not one who jumps on the bandwagon when it comes to predicting the end of the world. The authority on the subject has already stated that we will not know the day or the hour and that it will come like a thief in the night. Considering the source, that’s good enough for me. But, if I were a betting man trying to read | Read More »
Somewhere in a foreign place, leaders are talking wartime strategy. Here, let’s listen in for just a moment . . . So many of them buy into the thousand-shades-of-gray illusion! Where they see gray, there is, in reality, only black or white. But, one shouldn’t expect anything less of these things. Their eyes and minds are limited, and, to make matters even worse . . | Read More »
The original post appears unchanged below. There is, however, new information regarding the viral Scarface for tots video. It was apparently NOT done in a school of any sort, private or public. According to Fox News, the people responsible for this production are the folks behind Lady Gaga’s ‘Poker Face’ video. The children are even professionally cast. Of course, it’s a publicity stunt meant to | Read More »
Last night, on my ride home from work, I was listening to National Public Radio’s (NPR) All Things Considered. After listening to their broadcast, I always (as consistent as the sun’s rising in the east) ask myself why the hell I just put myself through that gruelingly stupid and propagandistic experience. All Things Considered is truly an instrument in the leftists’ tool box, serving a | Read More »
My wife just received a complimentary issue of Prevention Magazine. It’s a hodge-podge of health and beauty tips. It’s also a window into a Christmas-future where the USA morphs into the USSA, courtesy of Obama’s power grabs. So then, what could possibly be contained in such an easy-reading, built for the masses kind of publication that would lead me to such a seemingly wild conclusion? | Read More »
Often times it can be difficult to be a conservative Republican living in a blue state, especially when that blue state contains the city of Madison, which is sometimes referred to as the Berkeley of the Midwest. The reference, in my opinion, is spot on. I lived and worked in Madison for a good many years. It always provided me with the opportunity to sharpen | Read More »
I don’t know what the exact percentage is, but I imagine that the vast majority of the so-called, pro-life Democrats who voted in legion with Nancy Pelosi to pass nationalized health care consider themselves to be Christian . . . that and a buck fifty will get you a cup of coffee these days, but not much else. Many “Christians”, when it comes to their | Read More »
Below is the text of an email sent to the Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren. It’s a short note of support and encouragement. It may not be much to counteract the snubs of the Obama Administration, but it’s something. After reading my short missive, if you too are inclined to write, then here’s the email of the Israeli Embassy: info@washington.mfa.gov.il Dear Ambassador | Read More »
An ancient ripple courses through millennia and becomes a tsunami. That ripple started long ago in an ideal place. An event occurred there that was nothing short of a cataclysmic revolt in which man preposterously declared that he is fully capable of determining what is truth and on his own terms. Human pride dared to try in vain to usurp all authority and crown itself | Read More »
Planned Parenthood (PP) of Southwestern Oregon will begin offering medication-induced abortions starting in March 2010. Cynthia Pappas, the Executive Director of PP worries about the impending retirement of physicians who currently perform surgical abortions. Medication-induced abortions are a way of adjusting for the growing dearth of physicians willing to surgically kill for a buck. Pappas also explains that there are innovative, customer-oriented features of medication-induced | Read More »
No, I don’t mean a possible case of diabetes and/or hypertension that may result from an over indulgent candy habit first launched on some long ago Valentine’s Day. And, I’m certainly not jumping on Michelle Obama’s bandwagon as she battles the national threat that is fat kids busily woofing down copious amounts of candy hearts on February 14. Instead, I’m talking about Planned Parenthood and | Read More »
My home schooled children learn poems as part of their curriculum. In fact, they memorize them (an often neglected discipline that well trains the mind). When they’ve got their poems committed to memory, they do a little recital in front of the family. The one my 8 year old is currently working on is called, “The Flag Goes By” (Henry Holcomb Bennett). My son favored | Read More »
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