Whatever Wednesday

The Answer...Hell...Leadership...California vs Nebraska...Bathrooms...Daylight Savings

THE ANSWER

The pretensions of the world are many, the seductions vast, and the attractions powerful. Yet in a world of invasive desires, intrusive demands, and restless indulgence another voice can be heard: “Come unto me all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” The answer is not in a product but in a living person. Which answer do you hold? --Stuart McAllister, Slice of Infinity

TRUST

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight.” The journey from youth to adulthood is surely filled with many crooked paths. Many get lost along the way. Yet, the promise of this ancient proverb is that God can and will make paths straight for those who find trust—trust that often is matured by struggle and the courage to trod down crooked paths of disappointment. --Margaret Manning Shull, ditto

THE REALITY OF HELL

To appreciate better the reality of Hell is to appreciate better the reality of Heaven. The more horrible we understand Hell to be, the more marvelous we understand Heaven to be. The more deeply we fathom what God wants to save us from, the more grateful we are that He desires to save us. --Paul Thigpen, National Review Online, 11/5

GREAT LEADERSHIP

The key to great leadership is to not overly regard yourself, to understand you don't know everything, realize that, like everyone else, you are flawed and can make bad judgments, and to surround yourself with people who think well enough of you to tell you the truth from their perspective, even when it disagrees with yours. As long as the objective is to help you succeed with your agenda, such advice can be valuable and even humbling, humility being one of humanity's better characteristics and a grace that appears in short supply in Washington. --Cal Thomas, Townhall 11/5

THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE . . . CALIFORNIA

"Dogs outnumber children in San Francisco" Drudge Report 11/5

. . . NEBRASKA

"A No. 1 ranking for Nebraska. In a ranking published last week by online lending firm LendingTree Nebraska tops the list of places that are safest for young children." Omaha World Herald, 11/4

DISPROPORTIONALITY

According to a study conducted by Bond University in Australia, sharks are nine times likelier to attack and kill men than they are women. Despite the fact that men are 50% of the population, and so are women, men are struck by lightning six times as often as women. Of those killed by lightning, 82% are men. One can only wonder what social justice warriors would do about these and many other disproportionalities. --Walter Williams, Townhall 11/6

GENDER-NEUTRAL BATHROOMS

There are three good reasons to be against gender-neutral bathrooms. 1) They are pointless. 2) They are wasteful. 3) They are sexist. --Madeleine Kearns, National Review Online 11/6

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME

"STUDY:  Daylight savings time has long-term harmful effects on brain." Drudge Report 11/6

"Poll finds that most Americans dislike twice-a-year time flops" Norfolk Daily News, 11/2