Archive for August 2023
The American Chronicles: The Stone Werks
At the foot of Maryland’s South Mountain is historic Boonsboro, population about 3,700. It’s noted for its proximity to several Civil War battlefields, one being Antietam (or Sharpsburg), which was the bloodiest battle of the war. Another was the battle of South Mountain. Boonsboro actually had two skirmishes within its own village streets and it…
Read MoreBiden cracking down on China, really?
On August 9, Joe Biden issued a very long and convoluted executive order (EO) that prohibits certain technology used for military purposes from being exchanged with China. The EO says, “The regulations issued under this section shall identify categories of prohibited transactions that involve covered national security technologies and products that the Secretary, in consultation…
Read MoreStupidocrisy: Dems destroying Jan 6 evidence
This should come as no shock to anyone: The Democrats on the infamous January 6 Committee kangaroo court have destroyed vast amounts of information collected on its investigation into what they called an “insurrection.” This is evidence that could have been used by President Donald Trump’s legal team to exonerate him and others. The horror…
Read MoreFDA says Ivermectin ban was just a joke
After the possibility of thousands of lives that could have been saved by treating COVID with Ivermectin and hundreds of doctors whose licenses were revoked or practices harmed by the Food and Drug Administration’s ban on such treatment, the FDA is now saying it didn’t prohibit anyone from being treated by the drug, describing its…
Read MoreThe sight of your eye
With all the challenges of life and the negativity of a dark and dying world, it’s not difficult to adopt a mental state of cynicism, or even allow these current events to condition our minds toward a negative attitude. The Lord puts the simple choice before us in Deuteronomy 11:27-28, “A blessing, if you obey…
Read MoreThe Farm Chronicles: Happy Jim and No Filter Camels
The summer of 1969 shortly after I turned 14, Dad decided to expand the horse business marked by the building of a 30 ft X 60 ft horse barn. He had a crew come in and drill the holes and set the poles and the trusses—in other words, frame it out. The rest was up…
Read MoreSpiritual Health Time
With all the bad news in the headlines and on TV, you are bombarded every day with negativity. If you watch much TV, you are also barraged with drug commercials and what would have been considered in the 1950s as pornography. It’s a good guess that not many people in this country like the direction…
Read MoreStupidocrisy: Secret Service Secrets
One of the biggest secrets about a major news story in recent weeks is being kept by the Secret Service. After all, the Secret Service is by law required to protect the President. It seems that one of the duties of the Secret Service under Joe Biden is to protect him and his son Hunter’s…
Read MoreThe Sin of Human Trafficking
With the movie “Sound of Freedom” amplifying the horrors of human trafficking, Americans are faced with a huge dilemma: America is among the worst nations partaking in human trafficking, including sex trafficking on minor children, and now there is no excuse to look the other way. It is time to hold the federal government accountable…
Read MoreBecause He first loved us
In 1860, Anna B. Warner wrote the song “Jesus Loves Me.” Many of us grew up with this song in Sunday School because it tells us as children that “Jesus loves me. This I know, for the Bible tells me so.” There are five verses. As kids, we probably didn’t sing all five, but the…
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