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2020 Election Reader
Your Essential Christian Guide to the 2020 Presidential Election Who to vote for? Why should I even vote? What difference will it make? This short book–you can read it in less than an hour if you are not interrupted–will answer some of your questions, and, most important, suggest that the answers are in the Bible, […]
When the Seeds Were Sown and a Retraction
October 17, 2021
All farmers, from the first to today, know that you need to sow the seed if you expect to get something. Even today’s mavens of the new mostly urban, Woke culture, subscribers to BLM, and true believers of the 1619 Project know this simple truth. To reap, you have to sow. And, of course, for […]
Posted in: Politics
The Long Run
September 26, 2021
The “long run” can be considered both literally and figuratively. It has a big place in our nation, both as a people collectively and for us as individuals. How we integrate the “long run” into our lives has an impact on our world, how it’s organized, how it operates, how it is both good and […]
Posted in: Life in America
Home is where the heart is
September 22, 2021
I woke up a few mornings ago—always a good sign when one gets up in age—and heard this song by a little girl, “Home is where the heart is.” It was a sweet, soothing song and I wrote it down so as not to forget it as we so often do of dreams. In this […]
Posted in: Life in America
Lousy Imperialists, the U. S., and the World
September 10, 2021
The post-mortems on the U. S. failure in Afghanistan presided over by President Joe Biden are everywhere—in the newspapers, magazines, television, social media, and probably even places I’ve only read or heard about, like Tik Tok. Let me give it a local spin. When the Cuban-Spanish-American War of 1898 ended (new title for that war […]
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The Ugly Grade of F in Schools and Colleges
September 10, 2021
Many schools and colleges have done away with the F grade as too demeaning and demoralizing for students. I don’t know what the rules are today since I retired from teaching almost ten years ago, but I do remember that UA got rid of Fs for introductory English courses, and other discipline entry-level courses did […]
Breaking News
September 10, 2021
If there ever was an overused phrase in today’s media, it is “breaking news.” I’m not a journalist, but my sense is that it is supposed to endow anything coming over the telly or social media with an immediacy that is breathtaking. It is transmitted by the newsgirl, who catches the guys’ attention with a […]
Posted in: breaking news
English Sailors, Peasants, and American Soldiers
September 10, 2021
I’ve just been reading a book Operation Pedestal, about the British defense of the island of Malta in World War II. It reminded me of the arrival of the first American soldiers in France during the First World War—I read about it; I’m not THAT old!—under the command of General John J. “Black Jack” Pershing, […]
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Through My Christian Prism, or at the Port Rail
September 10, 2021
Through My Christian Prism, or at the Port Rail by Larry Clayton This wide-ranging collection of essays, many originally published as op-ed columns in a host of newspapers, finds Clayton taking on topics as disparate as the degradation of the English language (“the sooner we get old-fashioned grammarians to the rescue, the sooner we begin […]
Posted in: Book Reviews
Bible Lessons Videos by Louise Clayton and Mollie Browder
August 9, 2021
To broaden our search for the truth and principles in a Christian’s life, we are featuring videos made beginning in 2020 by Louise Clayton and Mallie Browder. Some of these were produced in the summer of 2020 for the Tuscaloosa County Jail Christian Ministry when access to the jail was closed due to the Pandemic. […]
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A Historian’s View of Critical Race Theory and the 1619 Project, Part 3
August 9, 2021
Over the past few weeks, we have taken a look at the origins of the critical race theory now so popular among some sectors of the American population, pundits, and politicians among them. Today let’s tackle the theory itself. We are taking a look at the theory largely because it is based on an interpretation […]
Posted in: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, History
Bible Gateway’s Verse of the Day
- Proverbs 9:10“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”
October 10, 2020
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