THE FATHER LIFE

“These are the times that try men’s souls.” These simple words by Founding Father Thomas Paine were read to the Continental army in the opening months of the American Revolution shortly before the Battle of Trenton in December of 1776. The circumstances in 1776 were certainly much different than today, however I am afraid that [...]

Talking to children about tragedy is a job most parents would love to avoid. If only our children did not need to hear about things like this week’s devastating earthquake in Haiti. But they do hear. And they are full of questions: Could this happen to me? What’s going to happen to the children? Can [...]

One thing auto industry veterans will tell you is they never saw a year like 2009 … and they never want to see another one like it. The year included the seemingly unthinkable: bankruptcy for General Motors. And as an added fillip, Chrysler went bankrupt too and was rescued by the unlikely combination of the [...]

Turn on the news and watch about 5 minutes. Chances are that unless you tuned in to the local sports roundup, that you heard at least one story about health. Even if you were listening to the local sports roundup, you probably heard about some athlete at a local high school with swine flu. Obesity, [...]

Imagine the perfect society. You know, the type where everyone is happy, everyone has a job, there is no crime, and the government watches every move you make. Sound a little bit “Orwellian?” Good, because it is. Sound far-fetched? Well it is a lot closer to reality then you think. I came across an [...]

The honeymoon for President Obama has come to an end. After Obama’s summer vacation at Martha’s Vineyard and Camp David, the President faces some daunting tasks as the year comes to a close. The ideological notions of hope and change that Barack Obama won the presidency with have been fading fast in recent weeks [...]

The White House has stirred up a lot of controversy in the recent days with plans to air a speech from President Obama to all school children. The speech is scheduled for Tuesday of this coming week when most schools will be back in session across the country. On the surface, a speech by the [...]

You can’t turn on the news or read the headlines without seeing information about the H1N1 virus, aka, “swine flu.” Swine flu isn’t anything new; H1N1 was first attributed to a major flu pandemic in 1918. However, it is debated among many whether the virus made its original jump from pigs to humans or vice [...]

This week marked the end of an era in American politics. The passing of Edward “Ted” Kennedy wasn’t a surprise; he had been diagnosed with brain cancer in May of 2008 and has been largely absent from the Senate floor for most of this year. There are several areas of Kennedy’s tenure in politics that [...]

Censorship is an issue that is rarely considered in Western culture. We can turn on any variety of news sources and hear or see the news presented from liberal, conservative, independent or almost any other perspective. In many foreign countries however, citizens are not afforded the same freedoms that we enjoy in the Western [...]