There is no legitimate debate that black lives matter. Without capitalization, those words capture an issue of tantamount importance in today’s America. But there is extreme...
Some may see this as “men who had the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image.” (Rev 16:2) Others may view it as...
Suppose I told you our current coronavirus pandemic can be traced to Wuhan, China. “Old news,” you might say. Suppose I added that four published academic...
How do college students mentally “wrestle with a wide range of ideas” when they prevent those ideas from being expressed? This is not a rhetorical...
I know propaganda. As a mother grizzly knows her cubs, I know propaganda. And what I have in recent days witnessed is propaganda of the...
My ears perk up a bit when I hear folks gnawing on the topic of education. And the buzz I’ve heard in recent days has been...
This applies to both parties, both houses of Congress and to all elected officials: “No!” You are not self-employed! I, the American voter, am your boss...
Some time ago I met a cowboy. Not a Hollywood cowboy. Not a guitar-strumming Nashville cowboy. This cowboy sat upon a horse so big, I had...
To my Grandson, to help clarify a few points. The concepts here are relatively simple, but they are frequently ignored. Even when not ignored, the lines...
Imagine you are the owner of ABC Widget Company and that you have just discovered some of your employees have regularly been leaving company premises during...
A Grandfather to a Grandson: Evaluate Candidates based upon technical expertise or ethics? A grandfather’s ears are like radar. They detect movement and direction. At times...
On Balance Those founding fathers who crafted our Constitution were brilliant! But if they came up short on anything, it was in anticipating man’s capacity for...
I’ve been seeking to learn why it is God, our Creator, allows so much evil. It is a perplexing question. I suppose I should start with...
On global warming Some of us don’t seem to care much about facts these days. Especially abhorrent are facts which disagree with pronouncements made by activists...
What is the best way to be certain we will repeat the errors of the past? Before we attempt to answer this, let’s visit a coach...
About those 56 men… If today we were to find fifty-six men who would publicly proclaim such statements as these, the likelihood is that each and...
God gave us intellect. This attribute, intellect, is one of the ways in which we are created in the image of God. Intellect is a tool....
If a baker’s dozen, frothing at the mouth, hungry as a pack of wolves, first-string Democrat attorneys, could not dig up indictable crimes to bag President...
Want to attempt something difficult? Try talking with your grandkids about facts and politics. Problem is, facts are not the most popular of ingredients in today’s...
If Frank Tilton’s writings are anything, they are eclectic. Much like his life experiences. Much like his education. Much like the books he reads, the music...
There are those among us who would abolish the electoral college. I am not one of those. At this very moment, however, Democrats are setting about...
This letter is a reader’s response to a March 16, 2019, Winchester Star front page article. That article presents the “heartbreaking dilemma” facing the United Methodist...