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I may not be blogging anymore. I just might be too rich and important to do things like communicating with you little people; the losers in life’s lottery. I know this may come as a shock to many of you, but it’s true. You see, I opened a new email address so that people could [...]

The first time I saw "Hee Haw" was in Hamilton, Scotland. I was spending the summer at the Teacher’s College, hanging around various US Christian college church campaign groups and hoping some good looking girl would notice me (they didn’t). The only TV was down in the students’ lounge. We got three channels back then [...]

It was several years ago now that I was back in Scotland and once again in Holyrood Palace. I’ve been thinking since yesterday of all the castles and seats of government I’ve been in. You see, yesterday morning I led the prayer for the Michigan State Senate. One of the aides was about to usher [...]

When I got into the ministry I was assured I would only have to work one day a week and it would take six men to carry my money. Well, technically, no one told me that but it matched my perception from the sixth pew on the left. I have experienced some days where I [...]

Outside my window is a lovely old red barn. But not now. Heavy snow and high winds are obscuring my view so that the barn, which is as big as a…uh… well, you know, is invisible from time to time even though it is only forty yards away. I know my loyal reader in Yellowknife [...]

I don’t care who you vote for. Really. That isn’t the point of the first bit of this blog. The drive-by media is saluting John McCain as the front runner in the Republican primary and consigning his competitors to the dustbin of history. They rejoice over the fact that Rush Limbaugh spoke extensively against McCain [...]

I have a men’s retreat in Louisville, Ohio (yes, Ohio, not Kentucky. It’s east of Canton) this weekend. I drive down tomorrow and back on Saturday afternoon/evening. It is snowing lightly here and the highs on Saturday and Sunday are supposed to struggle to make it into the teens so this could be a fun [...]

"Slogan" is one of the very, very few words that made the trip from Scottish Gaelic into the English language. Sluagh-ghairmclann" meant a Battle Cry and entered English around 1704. It first was applied to politics ("Sloganeering") in 1941. Every Scottish clan (and the word clann means "children" and, therefore, the "family") has a motto [...]

The weather forecast said we would get "a dusting up to an inch" of snow. We woke up to five inches of new snow and temps in the low 20s. After a half hour of digging, shoveling, and car-warming (including the seat warmers, please), I was ready to call She Who Must Be Obeyed from [...]

Sigh.
We won every battle in Vietnam and lost the war due to the New York Times and their moonbat allies in the media and Congress. During this current conflict they have run overwhelmingly negative stories since day one… that is, when they weren’t exposing our battle plans, call signs, and deployments leaked from their contacts [...]