RAIN

We're experiencing a pretty intense t-storm at the moment. That's good. We need it.

ROAD TRIP REDUX

Lois' Class of '72 reunion at St. Paul's LHS in Concordia, MO, was awesome. Seeing classmates reconnect? What a joy! 

Brianna is our 18-year-old grand-daughter. Gathering for her graduation & reception this past weekend was also awesome. Her other grand-parents, Craig's dad & mom, hosted the reception. And it too was awesome. It was a wonderful time to gather together with family. As an added bonus, we got to watch Hadley play volleyball on SUN. She just finished 6th grade at Lincoln Lutheran. We thank God for the love that flourishes between us & our children & grand-children.

WHAT I'M READING

I just finished reading "The History Buff's Guide to World War II," & now I'm reading "The History Buffs Guide to the Presidents." 

WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

We finished watching Downton Abbey last night. I never thought I'd get hooked on a British soap opera. Now we need to watch the first Downton Abbey movie.

TRENDING

"8th graders using wrong pronouns considered sex harassment." Drudge Report  Of course.

"STUDY:  Having more than 2 kids bad for brain." Drudge  Uh oh.

"America more interested in Depp-Heared than abortion."  Drudge Of course.

CRIME

"It appears that when you stop enforcing laws, people no longer follow them — and that even “low-level offenses” can be pretty irritating when they become common enough." Robert Verbruggen, National Review Online

LGQBT

"But who ever said “trans and nonbinary people with uteruses” couldn’t have babies?  I’m no biologist, but “trans and nonbinary people with uteruses” are women.   Women have babies!  Who finds that confusing?What’s confusing is why the woke crowd, especially in the media, works so ruthlessly to push this stuff down our throats. Most Americans couldn’t care less about what trans people – 0.4 percent of the U.S. population – choose to do with their lives.  But that’s not good enough.  They want 99.6 percent of the population to believe 100 percent as they do, without questions.   

“Among the crowd madnesses we are going through at the moment, trans has become like a battering ram,” wrote Douglas Murray in The Madness of Crowds (2020), “as though perhaps it is the last thing needed to break down some great patriarchal wall.” Tearing down the great, Anglo-Saxon Protestant, patriarchal wall – America’s demarcation line of “normal” – is exactly the point for these woke revolutionaries, whether we consent or not.  And there’s big money in the battering ram business." Will Alexander, Townhall

CONSEQUENCES

"No consequence of rejecting God equals abortion in its devastating effects. A society that chooses death for unborn babies places no value on human life. This is why such tragedies as mass shootings, gun violence, road rage, human trafficking and child abuse have become common in America. These travesties are defining characteristics of a Godless culture." Oliver North & David Goetsch, Townhall

THE WIT & WISDOM OF CAL THOMAS

"How are progressives made? By cooking them in a public school six hours a day, five days a week where they are seemingly indoctrinated with an ideology that contradicts the values and beliefs of many of their parents. It began as a trickle, but now is approaching a flood as activist groups - notably LGBTQ organizations - have infiltrated public schools and demanded their views on sexuality and gender be taught." Cal Thomas, Townhall