This week I talked to my friend “Dee”. Dee has been through some trials due to the continued poor economy. Three years ago Dee was working in the career she loves. She was teaching young children at a private school. Unfortunately, the economy caused her school to make a tough choice. They closed. It was [...]
It’s Ash Wednesday, the start of the Holy Lenten season for Christians. No time in your schedule to swing by church? No problem. In Phoenix today pastors and priests are greeting parishioners at the train and on street corners. Offering interested passers-by with a cross of ashes on the forehead. If the people can’t come [...]
It was a coincidence ripe with irony. On the same day the main section of the Washington Post was trumpeting Sec. of Defense Leon Panetta’s decision to allow women in combat, the sports section was featuring an analysis of the “epidemic” of torn knee ligaments in women’s basketball and soccer. Reporter Preston Williams wrote: “Young [...]
Pope Benedict XVI sudden resignation brings with it history, health, and heroics. He is the first Pope to resign in almost 600 years. His age, declining health, and strength were all reasons for his resignation. The 85 year old head of the Catholic Church stated, “After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have [...]
I just finished watching an incredible movie. A few months ago I saw previews of a movie called “Last Ounce of Courage” and mentioned to my wife that I would like to see it. She found it at Amazon.com and ordered it. This movie had been sitting in a box with some others for quite [...]
This year’s keynote speaker for the National Prayer Breakfast was Dr. Benjamin Carson, a world renowned Pediatric Neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins. Some will recall the movie ‘Gifted Hands’ which was the story about Dr. Carson. As a time when so many believe there is no way out of poverty his speeches provide insight and inspiration. [...]
Last fall my parents stayed with us for two months. Mom had been telling me and complaining about the cost of her prescription medicines but but until this visit I hadn’t really paid attention. Like a lot of folks, I figured the cost was what it was. Fortunately, during the visit my Smarter Sister came [...]
Will wonders never cease? The Department of Homeland Security has come out with a video telling We the People to attack a gunman with a pair of scissors if we can’t hide or run away. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/01/31/new-homeland-security-video-urges-americans-to-resist-shooters-with-scissors/ WOW!!! Why have I never come up with such an ingenious plan? That sounds really good to me!!!! I [...]
‘Forty is the old age of youth and fifty is the youth of old age.’ I can’t believe we’re having this conversation. I can’t believe people think it’s okay to have this conversation. It is apparently so, ‘this conversation’ having advanced rapidly since 2009. Of old age Longfellow appropriately wrote: “Age is opportunity no less, [...]
When: Wed, Jan 30, 10PM EST/7PM Pacific Where: Listen live here: He Said She Said with Demetrius What: Have you ever wondered what Black Conservatives think about the political issues of today? Well wonder no more, “He Said, She Said” with Demetrius and Stacy. brings you an inner peek into the mind of the conservative: bold, full strength, [...]
Noticing that cash crunch from your lowered paycheck this week? Here are five quick and easy ways to save money at meal time. Breakfast for Dinner: My family loves homemade breakfast. Trouble is we don’t usually have enough time in the morning for more than cereal and juice before heading out. So we move breakfast [...]
As Barack Obama took the oath of office for the second time, he laid his hand upon two Christian Bibles: One belonging to the devout Christian President Abraham Lincoln, and the other belonging to the Born Again Christian Baptist minister Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Such actions by the progressive/statist, who invoked God [...]
Reported yesterday: “[Obama's] new litmus test of leadership in the military is if they will fire on US citizens… . Those who will not are being removed.” Obama is drenched in Americans’ skepticism about potential for martial law. Gun control fanatics have given more rise to what many perceive as an imminent possibility. Americans’ concerns [...]
Are you familiar with the Masterpiece Theater PBS show Downton Abbey? This Emmy winning series has caught the attention of many, gaining in popularity with each season. For my 20-something daughter and her friends it’s become a ritual Sunday as they gather together watching each episode. Monday on Varney & Co., Stuart Varney examined the [...]
I came home from visiting a daughter yesterday evening and found my brightest moment of the young year. I had a notification from a social network site I belong to, Tea Party Command Center, of a story about the “Gun Appreciation Day” event in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Saturday Jan. 19, 2013. It featured a [...]
