Alexander Solzhenitsyn who sustained long years of imprisonment and exile in Russia wrote that: Are we prepared to learn from the past? Are people living in freedom able to learn from those living in need? Can the lesson they have learned be taught to the free world? Yes it can, but who wants to learn? Our proud skyscrapers point heaven ward and … [Read more...]

The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. “Utterly pointless,” says the Teacher. “Absolutely pointless; everything is pointless.” What does a man gain from all of the work that he undertakes on earth?— Ecclesiastes 1:1–3 (ISV) Settling unhappily into his Super Bowl seat, high behind the end zone, Joe spots an empty seat low … [Read more...]

Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice. We watch him, by ours. There is no need for wardens or gates or Ministries of Truth. When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an … [Read more...]

I’m spiritually stuck. We are stuck people. We get distracted, pulled down, undone. God feels distant and irrelevant. Dane Ortlund says, “You are not abnormal. So relax. We all go through this from time to time.” Seasons of spiritual darkness are common — even when many pretend it’s an anomaly. Even when indifference pirates our most pious … [Read more...]

Another American election cycle is upon us, and large numbers of people are lining up to pour their time and money into the sewer of politics, to be lost forever. This system will not be fixed. Period. This is Rome in 460 AD. The rulers, as in Rome, are liars, mad, or drunk (these days, drugged)… or all three. The “fall of Rome,” of course, was … [Read more...]

Although the generalization is usually applied to republics, according to Sir John Glubb, a British author and lecturer, most empires don't last longer than 250 years. Or as Sir John said in summation: As numerous points of interest have arisen in the course of this essay, I close with a brief summary, to refresh the reader's mind. (a)We do not … [Read more...]

Republican 2016 presidential candidate Ben Carson recently made the assertion on a Iowa conservative radio show that the "purpose" behind Margaret Sanger's founding of the abortion giant Planned Parenthood was to "eliminate black people," and also questioned whether or not President Barack Obama realizes that. While the 63-year-old retired … [Read more...]

Why has the United States pursued a foreign policy which has destabilized the Middle East? Why are we supporting the opposition (and even ISIS behind the scenes) in the war in Syria? Why are we continuing to build US military bases around the region, in preparation for an expanded conflict with Syria’s major ally, Iran? And why are Russia and China … [Read more...]

Politicians know this ruse well: If they want to put something illegal or immoral upon the people, they simply create names that convey something good and/or operate in secret to cover their chicanery. The president and Congress have used this old ruse once again as they move forward the so-called free trade treaties, the Trans-Pacific Partnership … [Read more...]

Alveda King has grown accustomed to her life as “the other King” so it should come as no surprise that she holds a view of marriage that conflicts with the official statements coming out of the NAACP and the King Center. The author of “King Rules: Ten Truths for You, Your Family, and Our Nation to Prosper,” director of African-American Outreach … [Read more...]