Over the last 50 years, no president has been overlooked more than Gerald Ford.  He served as our president from 1974-1977 and is best known for the sudden and (according to many) ill-advised pardon of former President Richard Nixon.  I had my kids look at this picture of President Ford, and not one of them [...]

It’s not everyday that someone says they learned something positive from someone like former President Richard Nixon.  He was the only president to resign the office, and he did so after being mowed over by a self-made avalanche of lies and illegal activity.  In many ways, he’s the perfect example of what NOT to do [...]

I don’t like it when people speak and act in extreme ways.  I never liked it when my toddlers threw themselves on the grocery store floor in front of the gumball machine after I said “no,” and I can’t stand it when my teens say ridiculously extreme things like, “All my teachers are dumb and [...]

“My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting…but my kingdom is not from the world.”  (Jesus Christ; John 18:36) It’s been really hot lately out here in the Southwest, and evidently, the heat is starting to make some say and do crazy things.  [...]

It’s Memorial Day weekend.  A time when people zonk out, camp out, cook out, and remember.  It’s a weekend when we remember those who have sacrificed so much for our country.  As an American, I am truly thankful for the sacrifice of the men and women who have made it possible for me to live [...]

Was it just me, or did most of the people in attendance at President Obama’s speech on Tuesday night look like they’d rather have been ANYWHERE except for there? When the cameras panned the crowd, the congressional leaders looked like they were either asleep, mad, uninterested, or all of the above. And then there were [...]

The headline on cnn.com this morning reads: Obama’s Inaugural Choice Ignites Outrage. The headline is followed by these words: Prominent liberal groups and gay rights proponents are criticizing President-elect Barack Obama for choosing evangelical pastor Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at the presidential inauguration next month. Warren opposes gay marriage and abortion rights, putting [...]