Democracy In Action

The South African parliament recently voted 241 to 83 to seize without compensation all the land owned by white farmers. Whites own about 72% of all farmland in South Africa– in some cases these farms have been in same family for 400 years. The word...

Some Vocabulary in the Gun Control Debate

I have been listening intently the past two weeks in the ever increasing intense debate between the right to keep and bare arms, and the desire of many for more “gun control”. I heard Senator Feinstein yesterday speak of the need to ban “assault...

Recharging My Batteries

Every so often we just cannot absorb any more of the world’s insanity, right? Well that’s how I feel right now. I know I cannot stop the world and get off. But I have hit my saturation point (for now) when it comes to enduring an endless march of horrific...

Just As I Am

Back in 1980 my parents and I went camping. A relative came with us…she was a hardened atheist. An admitted communist, actually. Yes, that did make for an interesting camping trip; so long as we steered clear of politics or religion we did just fine. One day we...

Billy Graham

I can hardly measure the effect this man has had on my life. I vaguely remember hearing about Billy Graham or seeing just a snippet of his TV special when I was a little boy. I know that whenever the music of thousands of people singing a hymn would hit the screen,...