Life, like the RMS Titanic, is quite wonderful, though not equally so for all of us. Beauty is all around, yet the marvelous voyage ends in the cold waters of death. Nobody “wins” at life and so preparing for the final challenge is essential. You don’t want to be a coward and leave behind a legacy of shame. There is a time to “be calm and carry on,” but when the liner strikes the iceberg, the time has come to... Read more
The year is steaming toward April 14 and 15 . . . one hundred and four years ago the good ship RMS Titanic hit an iceberg in the Atlantic and on this date many of the passengers had days to live. When the ship hit the iceberg many people behaved like heroes and some like cowards, but it would be better not to have been on the ship at all. The White Star Line behaved stupidly before and after the crisis.... Read more
Whether you watch the movie Metropolis or read Republic or simply sit with the Psalms, recall that you can be wounded in your heart or your head. Both wounds matter. God designed both your heart and your head to give you direction and being disabled either place is dangerous. Take time to get better. We cannot live by head knowledge alone or be sustained as whole souls merely by our heart. Let’s briefly define terms. I am using “head” as shorthand for... Read more
Warren Throckmorton is a good man and as a leader in taking down liars and grifters like David Barton he has been a great man. He is a man of principle with integrity, both qualities in short supply in the Republican Party Yet I disagree with Dr. Throckmorton on his case for never casting a vote for Ted Cruz in the general election. Like the good Professor, if I had picked the nominee, we would not be left with a... Read more
My Dad is always teaching me something new. Our family has always had a saying that there are three ways to do a home improvement project: the right way, the wrong way, and the Reynolds’ way. The Reynolds’ way is to get the job done, but in a manner unanticipated by the instruction manual. At the end of the project, the Reynolds’ way will produce an object that works, but often not predictably. This can be good. Today Dad mentioned a... Read more
Donald J. Trump will never be President of the United States, but he can still win. He is the Republican kingmaker and if he plays it correctly, then for the rest of his life he will be a beloved member of the new Republican Party. He can assure his causes: immigration, trade, and American nationalism dominate the Party. He cannot be the nominee, but he can pick the nominee. He is unlikely to get enough delegates to get a first... Read more
April 7 marks the day when Dwight D. Eisenhower, one of our most underrated Presidents, gave a speech arguing that small nations like Vietnam mattered to American foreign policy. He talked about the “domino effect,” where one nation falls and causes instability in another nation. This idea stuck and played a major role in Americans opposing Communist take overs in small nations all over the world. Let’s recall that whenever the Communists did take over (Cuba, Angola, Cambodia, to give... Read more
Yet again people are chatting about how Secretary Clinton is the “most qualified” person to run for President . . . ever. Today in my social media feed the junior senator from California commented on her qualifications. Her qualifications are certainly better than President Obama’s before he took office or Abraham Lincoln before he was elected, but saying she is the most qualified person ever? She ranks (at best) in the middle of the pack if she were to be... Read more
Jesus is Lord. That is true today. It was true the day they crucified the Lord. When we look at the “news” we are looking at the parts of the story that history will most often forget. Nobody much recalls who was the most popular court celebrity in the days of Caesar Augustus, but everyone celebrates what happened to a Jewish girl on the first Christmas Day. Tiberius made some important decisions, but the bad choices by his procurator, Pontius... Read more
I am fortunate in my friends. They stick by me through my bad opinions (Romney can win!) and my monomaniacal study habits (Another book on James Garfield!). My social media feed indicates there is another type of person out there who apparently thinks everyone opposed to their point of view is in the pay of Satan, the Koch Brothers, or George Soros (depending on political preference). Having once made it into a Lyndon Larouche conspiracy site chart back when that... Read more
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