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March 2017

March 13, 2017

On Clouds

When I was a boy, I could pass the afternoon just looking at clouds. If...

March 10, 2017

Even Lincoln needed Grant: Stop Doing It Alone

A bad leader will not promote a person who could replace him, while a good...

March 09, 2017

Napoleon and Josephine: Eros Isn’t Enough

If it is March 9, it is the anniversary of Napoleon and Josephine, a cautionary...

March 08, 2017

Another Day to Listen to Women

Today, I am told, is International Women's Day. I am not sure who makes such...

March 07, 2017

The Martyr, the Grizzly, and the Gold

There are gifts good enough that you can envy them without sin. Imagine being able...

March 06, 2017

Beauty and the Beast: A Deeply Flawed Film

When I first saw the animated Disney film Beauty and the Beast, I knew that...

February 2017

February 27, 2017

What Love Says to Perfect Love

Faith is the voluntary response of our souls when God reveals Himself to our inner...

February 25, 2017

American Slavery Was Particularly Bad: We Should Have Known Better

Change that comes too quickly can do more harm than good. Ask the Russians of...

February 24, 2017

Getting Better Words

Part of teaching gifted and talented students over the last thirty years (!) has been...

February 21, 2017

Dear Milo

Dear Milo, I am not a fan. I could be a friend. You can check...

February 19, 2017

No More Meat Until Easter: Why that is Good For Me

My wife took one of those social media challenges where you describe your husband. When...

February 17, 2017

Genius that Isn’t Sure: Canterbury Tales

Chaucer did not wrote a book called Cranberry Tales despite what one of my students thought....

February 16, 2017

We are Running Away Naked

When Jesus was arrested, not many people covered themselves in glory, but one person in...

February 12, 2017

Father is Waiting: All Can Be Well

There is hope if we feel lost. Oddly, the first thing that happens when I...

February 09, 2017

It Began With One Academic Falsehood: The Descent into Hell

The road to hell is a broad, paved, smooth gradual slope. By the time a...

February 08, 2017

Before You find Obi-Wan, Know You are Luke

The speeder driving, womp rat killing Luke Skywalker had not done anything to be ready...

February 07, 2017

Avoid Sexual Incoherence

Female and male . . . God created both. And oddly that is now one...

February 04, 2017

5 Times Trump Appears in Bible Prophesy, but Wait Until You See Number 6!

The Bible foretells the coming of Donald John Trump. This is obvious enough that friends...

February 01, 2017

All Is Well or Can Be

The hard thing about the truth is that it offends every kind of error. Some...

January 2017

January 28, 2017

Never Forget the Editor: Caesar and a Millionaire

The best failed movie Disney ever made was The Happiest Millionaire. The talent is there and...

January 25, 2017

On Scale of Crimes: Don’t Buy Some Gnats, Because You Will Not Swallow a Camel

People are always doing wrong things to avoid doing another wrong thing. This is a...

January 22, 2017

The Wind of the City: Civilization and Contents

The wind is blowing hard in New York City. Compared to Houston it is a...

January 19, 2017

What do you think about . . . Three Rules for When to be Still

I often get asked why I do not write on every Big Story of the...

January 16, 2017

A brief, almost good word, about the Word of Faith Movement

Let's face it: the church of a Cross, martyrs, and the school for souls is...

January 15, 2017

Time to Honor Engineers . . .

Let's go back to the old custom of making heroes of our doers: engineers, scientists,...

January 13, 2017

The Pleasant and Unpleasant Sides of Being Lost

Terrifying to be lost as a child . . . looking up in the mall...

January 12, 2017

The Ethical Problem with Trump’s Plan: Help me Hugh?

The Trump administration is stillborn if he does not change his plans for his business....

January 09, 2017

These are not the mermaids we expected. . .

Today Columbus, the sailor and not the city, had a disappointing day. The report says:...

January 08, 2017

The Greater Erotic

Reason is a harsh corrective to fantasies and dreams. Some dreams cannot be. No matter...

January 06, 2017

Water First, Lecture Later: Let’s Give Water and then Preach

If you've ever been really thirsty, and found something to drink, that is the wrong time...