Mark Steyn is a curmudgeon. This isn’t an insult. In fact, Steyn wears the moniker with pride. In After America: Get Ready for Armageddon Steyn writes: “Even in the best of times, ‘upbeat and inspirational’ isn’t really my bag.” I think the man protest not enough—Steyn is too modest in his assessment as the party-pooper. [...]
Nothing is more rewarding nor more difficult than practicing the art of living free. However, because the rewards of freedom are often delayed and the difficulties of freedom are often immediate, many give up their liberty for the utopian promise of state supported security—the promise of a life without risks. Some believe that government ought [...]
My sister was in love with Donny Osmond. I’m sure that at one point in her young teenybopper life she painted her bedroom, but none of the family could remember the color because she covered every square inch of the walls and ceiling with Donny Osmond posters. Donny was a little too sappy for my [...]
There’s a sickness in the soul of America. So says Kurt Cameron, of 1980s “Family Matters” fame, in his new movie Monumental. Citing examples of cultural and political sickness—increases of divorce, teen pregnancy, crime, taxes, and national debt—Cameron asks what we can do to heal our nation. The answer he discovered is found in history—particularly [...]
Leadership is hard business. Some leaders are born with innate ability and charisma—men like George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill—and make leadership seem easy. But lesser mortals find leadership difficult and filled with doubts. Yet, even these unnatural born leaders can learn to be wise and effective leaders. Most of us learn the secrets [...]
This will come as a shock to many, and as an outrage by a few, but George Washington probably was not a Christian in the biblical sense. No where in his writings or in his public addresses—at least none currently available—does he express salvific faith in the atoning death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Rather, [...]
Barbara Jordan was a formidable woman—with a formidable intellect and voice. Jordan was born on February 21, 1936, and grew up on the tough streets of the fifth ward in Houston, Texas. Her father was a Teamster and part-time Baptist preacher. Though he loved and provided for his daughter, it was her maternal grandfather who [...]
