Category Archives: Values

Eulogy for a Boy Scout

By | July 26, 2022

[July 26, 2022]  Sunday morning I was informed that one of our Eagle Scouts, a Boy Scout since he was 7 years old (a Tiger Cub), had passed away in his sleep.  Any time we lose a loved one, good friend, or someone who showed promise, spirit, and friendliness, we mourn for their loss to us and our… Read More »

Barney Miller: making us Smile

By | July 24, 2022

[July 24, 2022]  It was with great interest that drove me to watch an old television sitcom from my past, Barney Miller (1975 to 1982), set in a New York City Police Department police station.  My wife, Nancy, is always looking for something to watch.  One day she said, “Hey, you got to see this show.”  I remembered… Read More »

Cain and Abel: the Sacrifice

By | June 24, 2022

[June 24, 2022]  Cain and Abel are brothers and are, hypothetically, the first two real human beings (since they were born, unlike their parents, Adam and Eve, who God created).  They don’t like each other. Abel is a good guy by all appearances.  God smiles on him; fate smiles on him, and everything he does seems to work… Read More »

Can You Protect Your Children?

By | June 20, 2022

[June 20, 2022]  Here’s a realistic perspective on life.  Life is difficult, and you cannot protect your children.  What you can do is prepare them to be strong, courageous, truthful, and resilient in their interaction with other people.  This means that you equip them for what life will be, which at a minimum, is a series of difficult… Read More »

The Growing FIRE

[June 8, 2022]  Move over ACLU – American Civil Liberties Union – you’ve been replaced as a defender of free speech.  At one time, American Liberalism was a staunch defender of free speech issues; no longer.  The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, FIRE for short, is expanding outside the college setting to supplant the ACLU. What happened… Read More »