As noted in previous posts, there are several facets to the U.S. being a Christian nation, and here I want to focus on how the U.S. should be Christian nation. I ask the question: at the beginning of the twenty-first century, how should we live? The same way as the...
America
Independence Day 2011
In a December post I gave both general and specific reasons why I am certain that the Founders of this nation clearly intended for its laws and its society to be founded on Judeo-Christian principles. And that they expected the unhindered propagation of Christian...
Remembering on Memorial Day 2011
It is Memorial Day, set aside to remember all who have served our country in uniform, and especially those who have given their lives to protect our nation. Memorial Day is about honoring the individual and his or her personal decisions, not about the pros or cons of...
The Addictors: How Much Pain?
I am wrestling with and may change my position on legalizing drugs, which I never would have imagined just a few years ago. Let me explain. Addictions, when acted upon, usually hurt people, cost a lot, and destroy relationships. The worst addictors today appear to be...
The Time Bomb of a Nation without Fathers
Over the last several years I’ve worried about the underappreciated critical value of fathers to families, but a recent experience has multiplied that concern exponentially. Up until now I’ve been concerned about two situations: 1. In societies where multiple current...
Is the U.S. a Christian Nation?
This is an important question, and it has several facets, each of which is worthy of reflection. For the moment I’d like to focus on whether this is a Christian nation in the sense that it is supposed to be one, or at least was one in the beginning. In this context,...
Obedience to the Unenforceable
In our friend Fitz Allison’s insightful new book, Truth in an Age of Arrogance, I found a quote by someone I’d never heard of, Lord John Fletcher Moulton. I looked him up; he was a brilliant English mathematician and jurist at the beginning of the last century. The...
2020 Vision: How to Fix the Next Ten Years in Ten Steps: Step Four
4. For 2011, every branch and department of government at every level, except Defense, will have to get by on ten percent less income, including salaries. Let the government’s skilled managers decide how to accomplish this reduction in each department at every level;...
Russians and Sources
I have a different take on Russia and Russians than you might hear otherwise, and this experience leads me to a small suggestion which I often share with our children. Russians tend to be independent and entrepreneurial; they believe in faith, family, education,...
2020 Vision: How to Fix the Next Ten Years in Ten Steps : Step Three
3. Secure the southern border within six months. Start by using significant manpower, and then reduce the numbers as the fence is completed and technology is added. Create a way for those who are here illegally to have a path to citizenship which has real costs for...
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