“When terrorists attacked a school in Maalot in 1974, Israel did not declare every school a gun-free zone. It passed a law mandating armed security in schools, provided weapons training to teachers and today runs frequent active shooter drills. There … Continue reading
In 1970 while on Sabbatical study leave at Landbouwhogeschool, the Dutch Agricultural University, in Wageningen, mentor Kees (C. T.) de Wit obm showed me a pasture where the only tillage for multiple years had been slit seeding of grasses and … Continue reading
A Modern Parable One day a florist went to a barber for a haircut. After the cut, he asked about his bill, and the barber replied, ‘I cannot accept money from you; I’m doing community service this week.’ The florist … Continue reading
Dear Friend, If it is to be lived with purpose, life is a delicate balancing act of body and soul, heaven and earth. It requires two feet firmly upon the ground and a clear head high up in the air. … Continue reading
Fragrance is a gift of God, as long as it comes from nature, e.g. a rose, a broken egg, the seashore, a fart, a lemon, a thunderstorm, a mint leaf, a freshly plowed field, or freshly mown hay, and those … Continue reading
Success is when you look back at your life and the memories make you smile.
This Wednesday marks the 75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. Visitors there often board the now decommissioned and famed Battleship Missouri. Forgotten Hero “In April of 1945, Captain William Callaghan and the USS Missouri were attacked by a kamikaze … Continue reading
I did not take this picture, but the fact that it happened demonstrates a point. Protesters and rioters have no need of work boots. They don’t work, they don’t get their feet or hands dirty, let alone walk off pavement, sidewalk, driveway … Continue reading
These days, we are bombarded by lawless thugs, blacks, black sympathizers, cop-haters, leftists, left-leaning media, unpatriotic wimps, narcissists, couch potatoes and forgetters of history bemoaning this country instead of doing anything positive about what they perceive as wrong. We are … Continue reading
