We all have morning grooming routines (hopefully). When I’m going through my ritual, part of what’s usually involved is putting in my contact lenses. Like most contact lens wearers, I wear what are called “soft” lenses, meaning they are made… Continue Reading
My heart goes out to the journalist who died, but I have to agree with the Italian court here — it has no jurisdiction to try a U.S. soldier for a killing in Baghdad. The journalist was shot by the… Continue Reading
Citizens, rest easy. Your leaders are protecting you. And they are doing it through diplomacy, not force of arms. That’s right, we’ve now reached a maritime search-and-seize accord with Mongolia, in case a rogue actor within the Mongolian merchant marine… Continue Reading
I’m old enough, educated enough, and cynical enough that I ought to be proof against disappointment in politicians. I do not imagine that there was ever a time that politicians were honest and that they said what they meant all… Continue Reading
NASA’s high-resolution satellite flew over Southern California Sunday afternoon. This is what it saw. The fire you see outlined on the right side of the picture is burning in an area called Agua Dulce, which is south-by-southwest from Palmdale. You… Continue Reading
Baptist preacher and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee told the Republican primary debate audience last week that he admired the signers of the Declaration of Independence, “most of whom, by the way, were clergymen.” That would have been true if… Continue Reading
I don’t think this advertisement is intended to be ironic. If you think about it, though, seeing this sort of thing on the internet is very ironic indeed. And yes, I realize that not all Christians take this sort of… Continue Reading
I’m not saying that this guy is right, because I’m really in no position to do so. But I think it’s a telling and thought-provoking comment on why Christians should take Richard Dawkins’ attack on religion seriously: …theological writers and… Continue Reading
A documentary about my life over yesterday and today will have covered the six major activities that consume the bulk of my existence: 1. Working on my new house. Yesterday The Wife and I painted kitchen cabinet doors and ceiling… Continue Reading
The legend goes that Julius Caesar came across a statue of Alexander the Great in his travels on assignment to be the junior governor of what is today Portugal. One of his companions noticed that Caesar was the same age… Continue Reading