The word "why" seems to be one of the first words children seem to learn, right after "momma", "dadda" and ...

   As Christians, we have all read Jesus famous words, "Take up your cross and follow me!"   We think about them when faced with a...

    Growing up in a Lutheran home I was taught that the Bible is the inspired word of God. PERIOD.  As a Christian, I still believe that who...

   Never before did a verse from the Bible become more clear to me than when I had to deal with a friend suffering from mental illness.  Sev...

  In 1666, Sir Isaac Newton developed the first laws of gravity based on his observations.  He hypothesized that all matter has a gravitatio...

    If you want to piss someone off simply tell them: "You don't matter!"   Instantly you will have a fight on your hands.  We...

   Dopamine is a very important neurotransmitter compound in the brain.  It is the brain's "feel good" compound that gives us ...

     My wife and I were on a walk one day about a year ago and as we walked by a house a large dog came running over barking loudly at us.  ...

   If you think this is a blog about Capitalism (or any other ism for that matter) then think again.   Instead I wrote this blog in response...

    The cartoonist Walt Kelly once said in his famous comic strip Pogo, "We have met the enemy and he is us".  The cartoon was wit...

   When I was a junior at the University of Illinois Champaign/Urbana in 1984 I took a course called "Roman Achievement" and it wa...

     A common phrase heard when someone is trying to sell you on a "free government handout" is "There's no such thing as...