History is one of those things that people either love or hate. There doesn’t seem to be a middle ground. But while you don’t have to like it, history is one of those things that you ought to know something about, because there are consequences if you don’t. If you’re married, remembering your anniversary is [...]
“Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again…Sow your seed in the morning, and at evening let not your hands be idle, for you do not know which will succeed, whether this or that, or whether both will do equally well.” ~ Ecclesiastes 11:1,6 I read a biography [...]
Millennials, we hardly knew thee. Step aside for Generation Z, those born from 1995 on. They’re steamrolling into adulthood. Businesses and churches better start noticing. Gen-Z’s are distinctly different from the Millennials, says a Millennial writer feeling the push. The early reports are in, and it would appear that the following trends seem be be [...]
Sunday afternoon, my father, brother-in-law and I took our man-cave to the local theater to watch Christopher Nolan's new film Dunkirk. Rotten Tomatoes reviews were off-the charts, Nolan's pedigree was rock-solid, Hans Zimmer was in charge of the score, the story alone assured success. This was a slam dunk. Less than two hours later, 2/3s of [...]
What we think of as modern "Western Civilization" was saved by two miraculous evacuations. In August 1776 the American Colonial Army with its 10,000 men was holed up in Brooklyn, its back pinned against the East River by more than 30,000 British soldiers. Once British ships sailed up the East River, the rout would be [...]
