Like several recent posts, I really don’t want to write this one, because I know it will make some people angry, but I must. And I write not as someone who claims to have all the answers, but as a fellow seeker of the best future for our country. The subject of this post has been building for months, but the trigger was a terrible event which happened recently to a friend of mine. She is originally from Moscow. When her husband was about to be drafted into Putin’s army for the front lines in...
Much has been written about our 250th Anniversary by people much smarter than me. I particularly enjoy the Opinion pieces in the Wall Street Journal. Here are two really good, recent ones by Gerald Baker and Barton Swaim. I also re-read the post I wrote 13 years ago for our 237th Anniversary, before Trump, Covid, and so much more (but Iran was there!). If you have another minute, please take a look: “Who or What Will Fill The Leadership Void in Our Nation?” Sadly, we continue to elect our...
It’s almost June 6th, the anniversary of D-Day. For the last several years on this morning I’ve watched at least the first thirty minutes of the incredible movie, Saving Private Ryan, as my sincere but insufficient act of remembrance. My parents were married in Baltimore on June 3, 1944, and they tell the story of waking up while on their honeymoon three days later at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York as church bells pealed across the entire city early that morning, and people flooded into...
There are many difficult, weighty issues confronting us this Memorial Day Weekend in 2026, but I’m going to begin the summer with three unconnected, much lighter personal observations which won’t take long and which probably won’t mean much to anyone else…but here they are: 1. Take a look at this cover photo from the Atlanta Business Chronicle of May 15th. It highlights an entire section on their “40 Under 40” Risings Stars in our city. The newspaper “recognizes rising stars who have made...
I'm sure that many of you are deep into using AI to assist in both work and leisure tasks. Others may not yet have ventured into these waters at all. Either way, I hope you will read through this post, to see Claude AI's comprehensive answers two of my prompts on how Progressive thought differs from and clearly tries to subvert the foundations of Western Liberal Democracy and Christian faith. But first, by a total coincidence, don't miss a brilliant summary on the same topic written by Justice...
I don’t know about you, but I badly need an Attitude Adjustment. Everything just seems to be screwed up, from the state of the World in general, to the deep divisions within our country, to I can’t clean my car's windshield at our Shell station anymore because someone always steals their bucket and squeegee, so they don’t even put them out. My old friends are turning out to be just that, and they’re getting sick and even dying. Incompetence and inattention to detail appear to be the new norms...
I’m generally a conservative-libertarian person of faith. On most issues you’ll find me in the middle of a square roughly defined by Ronald Reagan, Thomas Sowell, Charlie Kirk and Michael Youssef. I was so energized after the 2024 election, as were most friends and businesspeople I know. We had dodged the awful prospect of four more years of absurd policies: flooding our nation with millions of people from who-knows-where, with unknown intent, at a large cost to our security, our schools, and...
The death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis should rightly concern everyone and invite transparent investigation. Early this week the truth appeared to be coming out, as one would hope, and so far it has certainly not been on the side of the Ice Agents or the early explanations by Federal authorities, who should know better than to reach conclusions without any actual evidence. See this detailed WSJ piece online. From watching the video and the early analysis, it appears to be either a terrible...
In a stunning policy reversal which President Trump says he was planning all along, the U.S. has eliminated all tariffs and will encourage cheaper imported goods because Trump says he has forced foreigners to give us real things—cars, computers, steel and coffee—in exchange for almost worthless things—pieces of paper and electrons. “It’s magnificent,” he posted. “I’ve got them to sell us more stuff than they buy from us, and so we get real, useful things from them, and they get stuck with all...
As Thanksgiving and Christmas approach I know it’s easy to be pulled into all the planning details and to wind up dreading the month, just the opposite of what God intends. So this year I’m going to actively focus on three aspects of these special days which are not always on the table with the turkey, mashed potatoes, and pies. The first is Gratitude. I don’t see it much. Rather than regularly recounting our innumerable blessings, many of us appear to be worried, slightly angry, or downright...
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