I’ve heard it said many times in recent years that there is so much anger today in public discourse, particularly as to racial matters. The country is more divided, animosity is higher, people are so at odds. When I hear such sentiments I go back in my mind to what it was like when I […]
My wife Carrie has recently been diagnosed with a serious but treatable illness. The course of treatment will likely last many months, if not years, and entail a number of surgical procedures and other treatments. I went with her the second time she met with the Doctor supervising her care to go over some test […]
My first realization of the modern absurdity of virtual reality came a few years ago. Both my teenage sons were playing Fortnite pretty regularly. Fortnite is a video game where up to 100 players parachute onto an island. Once they hit the ground those cartoon-like characters gather weapons and other items then proceed to start […]
The Janisarries of the Turkish Ottoman Empire are said to have been the first standing army in Europe. The Janisarries where an elite fighting force from roughly the mid-1300’s to the early 1800’s. The Janisarries where made of young men captured and enslaved by the Ottoman Turks mainly from Southeast Europe: Greeks, Serbs, Croats, Albanians, […]
I used to invest in the stock market pretty actively. I began to study the market a few years prior to the dot.com bubble bursting in March of 2000. Investors in electric car companies, particularly Tesla and Rivian, remind me so much of the tech investors pontificating about internet stocks just prior to the dot.com […]
If we are to be true to the holiday’s original purpose, Christmas should be a time of reflection about the birth of our Savior. Likewise, New Year’s is often a time when we make resolutions about how we will conduct ourselves in the upcoming year. This past year has been a very good one for […]
In many ways I’m an admirer of Lebron James. I think he’s been an admirable role model as an athlete. He respects his craft and works hard to develop his game and keep himself in the best possible shape. By all appearances he’s a devoted family man, as both a father and husband. He was […]
Taiwan has been in the news often of late, specifically the issue of whether or not the Chinese Communist Party is intending to invade the country. As background, the island nation of Taiwan, roughly 100 miles from the coast of mainland China, was formed after the Chinese Civil War ended in 1949. The Nationalist Chinese […]
I’ve been wanting to write a few words regarding the Rittenhouse trial. As someone who has served the role of defense counsel in numerous criminal jury trials, for the most part I find the way our media covers such “stories” less than enlightening. The media in general seems either uninterested in explaining the legal issues […]
I wanted to write a little on the Book of Mormon. As I sit to write, I have that distinct feeling, perhaps unwarranted, that this is one of the times that I will write something that no one will ever read, truly a missive to the abyss. If it can be said that a book […]