A number of years ago my wife and I witnessed an amazing phenomenon. We found ourselves visiting the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. As we walked into the entrance of the mall, my wife’s iPhone literally CAME ALIVE. It began chiming and displaying banner ads for some of her favorite stores, Brighton, J. Jill and others. She had NOT
I recently had the opportunity to watch an eye opening interview with retired Brigadier General Robert Spalding, posted on the Epoch Times, discussing the Chinese Communist Party (Thanks, RA). The starting point of the interview was General Spalding’s new book, “War Without Rules,” (available through Amazon). General Spalding is an expert on the Chinese Communist Party and has and has
Contrary to what you’ll hear from mainstream media, there ARE, sane, intelligent and thoughtful people who believe that the 2020 presidential election was tainted by widespread, but difficult to prove,* fraud, especially in “swing states.” These skeptics include writer Roger Simon, politician Adam Laxalt, former Senator Dean Heller, billionaire businessman Mike Lindell, author and documentary filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza and MANY
Coming of age in the 60s, it seemed that EVERYONE wanted to “save the world.” In America’s collective imagination, Superman, Batman and James Bond “saved the world” from the likes of Lex Luther, the Joker and Stavro Blofeld, and did so on a regular basis. In the real world, true heroes like John F. Kennedy (ending the Cuban missile crisis),
Dear Family And Friends, For this year’s Easter and Passover Greetings, I would like to quote a passage from poet and songwriter Leonard Cohen. The passage is not meant to be represent Christian teaching or even ecclesiastical commentary, but rather a meditation on Jesus Christ. Leonard Cohen described himself as a “Sabbath observant Jew” who none-the-less had a deep affinity
Dear readers, in a society where every form of profanity is commonplace, every type of insult is tolerated, and every manner of slander is encouraged, there is one phrase that’s absolutely verboten. Our media doesn’t use it. Our politicians don’t use it. Our writers and commentators don’t use it. Even our law enforcement personnel don’t use it. No matter how
Not wanting to be the only commentator in the entire Western Hemisphere NOT to comment on the Will Smith/Chris Rock donnybrook, I’ve decided to throw my two cents in. In the unlikely event that the reader has not yet heard of the controversy, during this year’s Academy Awards telecast, actor Will Smith stormed the stage and slapped Master of Ceremonies
As I mentioned in my previous essay, “What Will It Take,” Russia, historically has had no shortage of brutal despotic rulers. I imagine that Vladimir Putin, reflecting on his country’s bloody past, must have felt a bit dwarfed by the towering dictators that have gone before, especially when it comes down to the murder of innocent people. In that regard,
The civilized world, it would appear, is eternally threatened by “barbarians at the gates.” The Online Etymology Dictionary defines “barbarian” as: “pertaining to savages, rude, uncivilized.” The term was originally applied in classical times to invading tribes that were not Greek or Roman, and were said to be less “civilized” that the Greco-Roman citizens. The term has long been used
They haven’t changed. Not at all. While contemporary commentators have lauded the perfectibility of man, writers and poets have waxed eloquent on the spiritual growth of people, societies and countries, and political commentators speak of “a new era,” they haven’t changed. Though the world’s people gave a collective sigh of relief upon the collapse of the Soviet Union (and the