What Is Freedom?

“In some places without freedom, girls aren’t allowed to go to school,” says Haley, age 8. “The only people I can think of who would like that are the boys! Boys in our class torture us!” One time I asked a girl about the same age as Haley why God created boys. “So you could pester them.

Removal of Math and Literacy Requirements

There is legislation floating in Oregon that portends to remove literacy and math requirements for graduating high school seniors. Specifically, if the legislation is passed, seniors would not have to demonstrate the equivalent of tenth grade reading, writing or math to earn their diplomas.

Three Rights Make a Left

Retirement Is Supposed To Be For Travel Now that my Wahini, Lori and I are retired and the Covid lockdown is subsiding it’s time to look at vacations. Not the vacation we plan with our grandkids but a vacation just for us. Lori has always wanted to go to Canada and that is certainly a possibility.

Did You Know? Ice Cream

If the 1927 song “I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream” by Howard Johnson, Billy Moll and Robert A. King is correct, then the world has been a noisy place for quite some time.

Meet George Jetson

In a world where we are finally waking up to something that, gasp, feels the tiniest bit like normalcy, I bring you a years ago tale of me, the world traveler (not) who attempted to fly from Dallas to Houston. Here’s the premise. Yes, I am a savvy, sophisticated, chic, cosmopolitan, world traveler.

Ask Aunt B

Dear Aunt B, I am tired. Just plain tired. I don’t want to die or anything like that, I just don’t have any energy to go on. How do you make improvements in your life when you just don’t have any energy? Just Plain Tired Dear Just Plain Tired, Oh baby, I get this.

IS THE EARTH MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD?

Based on the Bible account the earth that can sustain life is between 6000 and 7000 years old. The Bible says that the earth was without form and void before life was placed on it. Before Adam sinned death did not exist on the earth.

Even “Singles” Need Estate Plans

If you don’t have a spouse or children, you might think you don’t need to do much estate planning. But if you have any assets, any familial connections, any interest in supporting charitable groups – not to mention a desire to control your own future – you do need to establish an estate plan.

Three Rights Make a Left

Last Saturday Republicans from Kaufman County as well as points across Texas met to honor Lt Colonel Allen West with the First Annual William Madison McDonald Award at the Rusted Rail Event Venue in Crandall, Texas.

Ask Aunt B

Dear Aunt B, My spouse is a whiner. I don’t like it and I don’t know how to help him change. Any ideas? Married to a Whiner Dear Married to a Whiner, Dictionary.com defines a whiner as someone who complains a lot, especially in a peevish, self-pitying manner or tone.