China, Christianity, and Mao
I recall a small, but significant moment in a taxicab ride in Changsha about twelve years ago. My oldest daughter and I had been in Changsha, Hunan Province for about a week, and I had noticed that...
View ArticleCountering the counter-culture
I was 14 years old during the summer of Woodstock. The highlight of my summer was six weeks at summer camp at the Baylor School campus on the banks of the Tennessee river just outside Chattanooga. It...
View ArticleRedHatRob on BlogTalkRadio
I will be the featured guest on the BlogTalkRadio show Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Conservatism tonight at 8:00pm Central Time (9pm Eastern, 6pm Pacific). The show is hosted by Babe Huggett and...
View ArticleHandwriting by George – 110 Rules
Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour in Company & Conversation. Greenleaf Press is very pleased to announce that all four volumes in this series are now in print and available! When George...
View ArticleC.S. Lewis on Christmas
“I send no cards and give no presents except to children.” So C. S. Lewis wrote to his American correspondent on November 27, 1953. In an essay titled “What Christmas Means to Me” published in December...
View ArticleSurprise! New Atheist, Pro-Evolution, Anti-Creationist Biology Professor...
Wow! Newsflash! The Background: On Saturday, an AP reporter wrote a story on the “outrage” of a secular homeschooling mom who thought her 10-year-old daughter was going to “have a coronary” when she...
View ArticleBrilliant!
Joke of the week *The Abbott and Costello Routine on Unemployment* COSTELLO: I want to talk about the unemployment rate in America. ABBOTT: Good subject. Terrible times. It’s about 9%. COSTELLO: That...
View ArticlePublic School Officials view a rosary as “gang sign” jewelry
“It should be a felony for the people who run a school district to be this stupid:” via AND NOW…IDIOTS | Midwest Conservative Journal.
View ArticleThe public discourse on guns
The demand for action following the latest public horror by a mass murderer is understandable. But a moment or two of reflection ought to slow the rush to take precipitate action. No one seems to have...
View ArticleWhat if things had been different?
In November of 2000, the voters had a choice between two candidates: Here’s my question, gentle readers: Do you think Al Gore would have been a better president than George Bush? Vote below. [poll...
View ArticleThe Daily Mail demonstrates their courage and commitment to free speech
Here’s a photo published in their story today on the attack in Texas by American Muslims on the AFDI’s event awarding a $10,000 prize for the best caricature of Muhammed. By blacking out the artwork,...
View ArticleHome School Pioneers
My good friend, Israel Wayne has put up a web site with profiles of some of the home school pioneers from the 1980s & 1990s. He’ll be adding more, but Cyndy & I are honored to be included among...
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