December 19, 2012 By Selwyn Duke It’s often hard to accept the truth, especially when that truth is scary — when reality seems to offer you no solutions, only poison from which to pick. It’s as with a man I once knew who insisted that it couldn’t be proven that smoking is bad for […]Read More
The recent shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School has raised a flurry of arguments, right and left, about the second amendment to the Constitution. What does it mean, why is it there, and should it be eliminated totally? These questions rise to the emotion of tragedy and from that same emotion. No one is untouched […]Read More
I am still in shock! I have a grandson who is about the same age of many of those children killed at Sandy Hook School. What is there to say? What is there to do? I read the news media and everyone is talking about this horrible event, and many politicians have the answer. But […]Read More
By Grandpa David OK, listen up all you U. S. Senators, House Representatives and, yes, you too Mr. President, Sir! This is Grandpa David speaking. I’ve been listening to the news about your negotiations and discussions on how to avoid falling off of the fiscal cliff and it appears to me that you all know […]Read More
America: A Long Term View Yesterday I posted a dire view of what I think we can expect in the next four years. But that is a short term view. It is predicated on the continuing assault on the foundations of our nation and our God given rights, and of course, their attendant responsibilities […]Read More
Now don’t get me wrong, I am not an alarmist, although you may not agree! Why then would I say such a thing as “get ready to roll, not fall off the cliff?’ What I am not saying is that the entire nation and its social structures, economic systems and political jurisdictions is going to […]Read More
I was listening to a radio talk show the other night as I was driving around town and one of the callers suggested that we are way too polarized politically in this nation and that what we needed is a new political party that would be right in the middle and that could bring balance […]Read More
Three Absolutely Necessary, Always Present Skills of an Effective, Successful Leader By Jack Dunigan Once again, Jack Dunigan has taken on the complex world of leadership journalism, cut to the chase and made it simple and easy to understand. Jack is always like that, with any subject, any group of people or any point of […]Read More
David Fritsche, General Editor In September 1620, the Mayflower left Plymouth, England, carrying 102 passengers. They were religious separatists seeking a new home where they could freely practice their faith and other individuals lured by the promise of prosperity and land ownership in the New World. After a crossing that lasted 66 days, they […]Read More
By David Fritsche Listening to the call for new taxes on the rich, I was drawn back to my youth and an experience that was life changing. I was 16 years old and applied to a Bible College in San Antonio, Texas, for admission. Soon, a letter came from the school, accepting my application and, […]Read More