Quick: Name two men famous for wild blonde hairdos and even wilder off-the-cuff remarks. Hint: Each served in the highest office of his respective homeland and achieved several standout legacy…

I spent much of my childhood overseas, on or around Air Force bases where my Dad was stationed.  That made for an interesting formation of American identity. I knew our…

This morning brought a once-in-a-lifetime experience: history being made in the form of a Supreme Court decision which overturned decades of legal precedent.  I’ll be honest: I have been crying…

Confusion can be a great starting point for enquiry, but it makes a terrible place to live. Getting comfy with confusion means getting comfy with conflict that cannot be resolved.…

Fear and anger dominate everything from headlines to discussions between neighbors this week, as the world tries to assimilate its most recent unspeakable tragedy – the massacre of innocents in…

An Apologetics My French is rusty from two decades of no use, but I retain the use of some favorite words and phrases – one of which is “dialog de…

Midway through the film “Master and Commander,” Russell Crowe gives one of the shortest but most profound eulogies ever delivered on screen.  Speaking grimly of an unloved and hapless suicide…

The war in Ukraine has many of us thinking about what “home” means.  Shelter The destruction of thousands upon thousands of buildings has created 10 million displaced persons (and at…

We visited Pea Ridge National Military Park when we were on vacation in Arkansas this past week.  It’s a fascinating place, where tourists follow a seven-mile route marking the hot-spots…

Last year’s Palm Sunday branches, withered and dry and burned into ashes – that’s what the pastors used to make smeary crosses on foreheads during Ash Wednesday services.  The solemnity…