America’s Joyous Future

The pastor is obviously a "half glass full" kind of guy… (Click image to view full...

Badge and Angel… A Parable of Sorts

We love animals and we’ve never been without at least one and usually a lot more living with us. For most of our married life we’ve mostly had dogs since I’ve never really been a cat person.  After years of requests (actually more like whining, begging and pleading) from our daughter, we got her a cat for Christmas in 2000.  She named her new pride and joy Angel.  Not too long after...

This one made me laugh out loud…

Duh, the Right to Remain Silent??

News item:  Only one in four Americans can name more than one of the five rights granted to them by the First Amendment, but more than half could name at least two members of the Simpson Family. I first heard this story on the radio two days ago.  While I found it amusing in a nauseating sort of way, I have to admit that it drove me nuts that I could only remember four of the five First Amendment...

How to succeed in business without really trying

Remember the joke about the conversation between a used car salesman, the Easter Bunny and an honest lawyer?  The punch line reminds you that there’s no such thing as the Easter Bunny or an honest lawyer. But now, thanks to a carelessly addressed e-mail, one has finally been located in the Netherlands.  Or at least a forthright one. Reinder Eekhof thought he was sending an e-mail to a friend who...