ENLISTMENT: In 1964, I was newly graduated from High School, 17 years old and living on what was almost a farm at the end of a dirt road a mile from a blacktop road that led to the Meramec Caverns in Stanton, Missouri. I wanted to join the military based on a sense of duty (a war was on), and a desire to follow in the footsteps of my father who had served in the Pacific throughout WWII. Only 17, I needed a parental permission statement from my father to enlist.   I walked int

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” These are words that are not only wise, but universally inspirational and applicable at any age — applicable that is, for those who (1) are humble enough to acknowledge anything that is clearly wrong in the way they think, talk or behave and (2) are willing to replace what is wrong in

"The devil was the first Democrat.Lord Byron — (1788-1824).   We’re told in John 8:44 that the devil is, and has always been, a murderer: “ He was a murderer from the beginning .” He is, and has always been the inspiration behind every murder ever committed, beginning with Cain who murdered his own brother because, “ His own works were evil and his brother’s righteous ” (1 John 3:12).          The Democrat Party is devoted to the murder of unborn babies, and is succeeding in

UBER  =   “ denoting an outstanding or supreme example of a particular kind of person or thing; a superlative, supreme, example of its kind or class ; to an extreme or excessive degree.”   During World War II, most German civilians lived in fear of being ostracized or criminalized themselves if they appeared to oppose the treatment of Jews during the Nazi regime.  They were barraged night and day by Nazi propaganda that sub-humanized and demonized the Jews, and they lived in

There are different kinds of men: those who do what they do simply for the sake of self-gratification and because they can , those who do what they do in order to please others , those who do what they do to  be recognized , those who do what they do in hopes of future reciprocation , and those who do what they do simply because it is the right thing to do .   Men who do what they do simply because it is the right thing to do , are the best kind of men. They know  what is ri

John Adams spoke for all our founding fathers when he said, “ Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.” This doesn’t happen in modern America. It hasn’t been the case for at least five decades.   Last week the  Wall Street Journal   reported  the tragic, but not surprising news, that 78% of high school seniors tested in 2024 were less than proficient in mathematics and 65% were less than proficient in reading,the worst numbers since the Departm

(Disclaimer: References to “Democrats” in this article are restricted to those who are aware  of what the platform of the Democrat party is in terms of its beliefs and goals, and have identified and aligned themselves with it. We understand that countless thousands foolishly and ignorantly identify with and vote Democrat as a matter of family tradition, and are politically misplaced persons. But willful ignorance, at some point has to be recognized as inexcusable, especially

UBER  =   “ denoting an outstanding or supreme example of a particular kind of person or thing; a superlative, supreme, example of its...

In his book, How to Kill 11 Million People , Andy Anderson relates how German congregations during World War II sang louder to drown out...