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It's time for a re-evaluation of Lift Up Your Hearts! —and some changes. I've been ruminating on this for a long time....
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Gun Control Out of Control, an AI Story
As you know, I've been playing with using Microsoft Copilot to create images; I was quite happy with my Bonnie Warrior experience. I...
Taking the DOGE Challenge
What would you do if you received this e-mail from your employer? What would you think if refusal to comply were grounds for...
Lux Beata Trinitas
I rarely post the music that our choir sings in church, because our sound system, which works well enough for sermons, is absolutely...
Not Your Father's Frog in the Kettle Story
The Cost of College, Then and Now
That's the bill for my first semester of college, in 1970. In 2024 dollars, that would be just under $16,000. (Inflation...
Making Yogurt
I have been making homemade yogurt off and on, using a couple of different yogurt makers, for five decades. Mostly off, because good...
When the News Gets Personal
Whatever you think about Facebook, there's no doubt it can be unintentionally amusing I mostly find its "Reels" feature to be...
Don't Kill the Messenger
Grace MRI Update
These are the preliminary results of Grace's MRI . The NF1 team isn't available on Wednesdays, but the oncology team was merciful and...
Pirates of Silicon Valley
I've made no secret of the fact that I don't like the movie Forrest Gump . The era of the late 60's and early 70's was a...
A Quick History of Religious Freedom in the West
Hillsdale College's Imprimis magazine frequently features interesting, inspiring, and intellectually solid articles. I've started...
Grace Update, Day +365!
I know I've already made one post today, but Heather just posted this on Daley Ponderings , celebrating Grace's one-year...
Dear Senators, Please Hurry Up and Confirm RFK Jr. as HHS...
Perusing our church's bulletin for this coming Sunday, I noted the announcement of a special collection to benefit the food pantry at a...
Matt Taibbi Asks My Questions
I share this interview of Matt Taibbi (of Twitter Files fame) by Tucker Carlson for two particular reasons. The entire interview is...
USAID
One of the frustrations/pleasures of having lived so long is observing how often opinions, even (maybe especially) "expert" opinions,...
First Grace Update in Over a Month
It has been too long since I've posted an update on Grace for her friends and pray-ers; the fact that she's doing very well is no...
President Trump's Initial Executive Orders
Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying have the best analysis I've heard yet of President Trump's first executive orders. I don't say...
I'm With the Swiss on This One
Moving on in the 21st century, I did a little playing this morning with Microsoft's Copilot AI. This time, instead of creating...
Theatre of the Absurd
With all the important things that should be said about current events, sometimes you just have to make room for noting the absurd....
Mistakes Were Not Made
I know nothing about any of the people or organizations involved in the following video, but the poem hit me hard when I discovered a...
PSA -The Screwtape Letters
Thanks to the very valuable eReaderIQ , I learned that C. S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters is currently on sale at Amazon...
Leading by Executive Order
Let me be clear: I am thrilled by much of what I know about the executive orders President Trump issued on his first day in...
Watching the Inauguration
The inauguration of President Trump could hardly have been as impressive as the coronation of King Charles III, but it was still very...
How Much Harm Can He Do in a Few Hours?
How much harm could President Biden do in the few hours before President Trump's inauguration? Plenty, as it turns out. I will...