As a high school student, I had the distinct pleasure of getting to know many exchange students through the programs at our community’s schools. Our family even had the chance to host two—one from Finland, and another from Brazil. Over the years we’ve all kept in contact as we’ve started our own lives around the…
I want to challenge you. Could the United States—the beacon of freedom, economic and military superpower, and perhaps history’s greatest anomaly—ever fall as far as Venezuela? Before we get back to that, let me give you a brief crash course in what South American friends are currently enjoying. There’s no food. Imagine being so…
What do Robert Redford and a couple of big name universities have in common with Domestic Terrorists? As it so happens, one is hiring them; the other is making movies about them. The movie, entitled “The Company You Keep,” film stars Robert Redford as a former Weather Underground militant hiding his identity from the FBI.…
Just as I require myself to watch the Passion of the Christ every Easter week so that I’m reminded of exactly what it took for Jesus to earn my eternal salvation, I require myself to stop amidst the fireworks, carnivals, parades, grill-outs, and think about exactly what it took to earn my EARTHLY freedom. Our…
Forward. The word can be taken to mean several things when used as a presidential campaign slogan. On one hand, it could mean that the president has experienced a few bumps, has learned from those bumps, and is pressing on. On the other, it could mean “go forward exactly as we’ve been going.” I’d tend…
A Future Free 