[April 19, 2024] Dr. Jordan Peterson was recently asked by his daughter Mikhaila what advice he would give to young men. Those familiar with Dr. Peterson know that he is a man who can cut to the heart of a problem quickly, and he does so with his answers to this question. My initial thought was, what would… Read More »
[April 18, 2024] His face was wrinkled and tanned; he was thin, of medium height, with blue eyes and thinning gray hair, and wearing thick glasses. Douglas James Satterfield sat in his favorite chair overlooking the front of his farmhouse, smoking an unfiltered Camel cigarette. His farm was located south of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, near the Arkansas River. … Read More »
[April 16, 2024] Sometimes being lucky works. I recently discovered a social media site called REDUXX: Feminist News and Opinion. Their media was launched in January 2022 to create a pro-woman, pro-child safeguarding platform that provides “quality news and opinion on the stories the mainstream media ignores.” That got my attention. As I’ve written many times, the media… Read More »
[April 14, 2024] Yesterday, a small group of local volunteers spent the morning repairing the fencing of an old Civil War cemetery. Buried there are veterans of the 25th Regiment Colored Troops and, it is believed, members of their families. Although I wrote about my discovery of the cemetery, its location is at a busy intersection and is… Read More »
[April 11, 2024] In the early 1960s, the American economy was not doing as well as one might believe. Things were tough; the baby boomer generation was everywhere, and although jobs were plentiful, they paid almost nothing. For a kid looking to earn some money, forget it. We had to compete with adults looking for work, and potential… Read More »
[April 10, 2024] I was behind on the count at bat with two strikes and zero balls. It was also the bottom of the ninth inning, and my team was behind one run with my teammate at the hot corner, third base and potentially the tying run. On my Little League baseball team, we called this being in… Read More »
[April 7, 2024] I was recently asked to give a sermon to a church congregation near my home. This is one thing I’ve never done: give a religious sermon. What follows is my message, and although the following is in narrative form, I only used this as a notes. I think it is better to speak by looking… Read More »
[April 4, 2024] My boss, Mr. Amato – also called “Mr. A.” – ran his gasoline service station as if his life depended upon it, and in a way, it did because the livelihood of his wife and seven children stemmed from selling gasoline to customers. I was a new gas jockey at his station in my sophomore… Read More »
[March 31, 2024] Today is one of the most celebrated days in Christianity – Easter – and we honor the resurrection of Jesus Christ, symbolizing victory over sin and death. Yet, the attacks on Christians worldwide continue in both large and small ways. Today, March 31st, is celebrated by U.S. President Joe Biden as Transgender Day of Visibility. … Read More »
[March 29, 2024] Reading is one of life’s great pleasures, and we can certainly learn much from those many words on a page. I regularly read to both my children as they grew up. One of those books was Roald Dahl’s Matilda, and they just loved the twists and turns that Dahl introduced so well. My son, in… Read More »