Category: Opinion
Glimpses of Hope from George Floyd’s Family – And from a Church Set on Fire
It is horrifying to watch the video of police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on the neck of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Floyd gasps for breath...
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Riots, Racism, and ‘Roots’
On Saturday evening I watched late television news coverage of the rioting in cities across the country following the officer-involved death of Mr. George Floyd...
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Memorial Day and the Sweep of Summer
My favorite non-religious holidays are the wing-span encompassing Memorial Day weekend, Independence Day, and Labor Day – otherwise known as the American summer. We are...
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Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
I will confess right off the bat that I am a huge fan of United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. If you’re a...
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Three Keys to Get Fit and Survive COVID-19
Across America, millions of people have been forced into new routines. Most significantly, people are homebound – ordered in many states to only go out...
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What Tom Hanks Being Trapped in an Elevator Can Teach Us About the Coronavirus
The recent state of events has brought us to “home base” in many aspects of our lives. Whether we are staying home or finding creative...
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Presidential Prayers: Turning to God in Times of Need
By: Lee Edwards Since the founding of the Republic, Americans have appealed to God in times of crisis. From George Washington to Donald Trump, our...
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Taking Weddings Online Amidst Coronavirus Concerns
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed nearly 10,000 lives in America and disrupted hundreds of millions more. COVID-19’s quarantining has also forced many engaged couples around...
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Good and Faithful Servants: Tom Coburn, Patricia Colson
“Winning is Knowing Jesus.” – Senator Tom Coburn, 1948-2020 The conservative movement lost a giant of a man on Saturday. Tom Coburn, M.D., a two-term...
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How Faith Refines Leaders
Mayhem, strikes, tragedies, wars, upheavals, terrorism, and calamities of all sorts — manmade and natural — make or break men and women who would emerge...
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Relax! Your Kids are Already Homeschooled
As several states announce that schools will stay closed for the remainder of the academic year and others have suspended classes indefinitely, I’m hearing from...
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Take heart, America. Good People are Doing Great Things to Find a Solution to the Coronavirus Pandemic.
At a briefing Saturday at the White House, President Trump continued to express optimism that the use of hydroxychloroquine – a drug widely used for...
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The Coronavirus and the Real You
Disease is no respecter of persons. The rich and poor alike are all sequestered into their homes, great and small. And all are facing the...
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A Rose Amid the Thorns: Blooming Washington in the Corona Age
Snap on the cable television; open the newspapers; click on the radio: when it comes to Washington and the information flowing from the Beltway, it...
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Remembering My Friend William F. Buckley, Jr.
Twelve years ago this week, my late/great friend William F. Buckley, Jr. died while working at his desk in Stamford, Connecticut, hard-by the Long Island...
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A Celebration of “Girl Dads” – The Legacy of Kobe Bryant
The memorial service of basketball legend Kobe Bryant, 41, and his daughter Gianna, 13, was about remembering two lives that were lost too soon. But...
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Top 3 Interviews at the Trump Re-election Rally in Colorado Springs
It was a great experience covering the Donald J. Trump for President reelection rally yesterday in the stunning, yet chilly Colorado Springs, CO as a...
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Today Marks the 75th Anniversary of the Landing of U.S. Troops on Iwo Jima
On February 19, 1945, the United States launched an amphibious assault on the Japanese-controlled island of Iwo Jima. The image of six Marines raising up...
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Germany Commemorates the Anniversary of the Firebombing at Dresden in World War II
It has been 75 years since an Allied firebombing campaign, mostly led by the British, reduced the German city of Dresden to rubble. The resulting...
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Panic or Caution – How to Think About Responding to the Coronavirus Outbreak
The coronavirus outbreak is being portrayed by some as a moment of international crisis and likening it to the beginning of the movie Contagion, but...
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‘Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again’ – President Trump’s Plan to Bring Back Classical Architecture
Washington D.C. is a beautiful city. Its streets are lined not only with history, but with buildings that reflect the grandeur of the nation’s capital....
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Top Five Emotional Moments from President Trump’s State of the Union Address
If you watched President Trump’s State of the Union Address last night, it’s likely you teared up a few times. I’ll admit to shedding a...
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The Challenger Disaster 34 Years Later; ‘To Touch the Face of God.’
On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds into its takeoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and millions of Americans,...
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International Holocaust Memorial Day – Why the Holocaust is a Unique Event in History that Must Never be Forgotten
Today is the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the world’s largest factory of death. However, it seems like the memory and uniqueness of...
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