March 26, 2025

Political shenanigans in Texas

In the past two weeks, I have received news from friends, family, and organizational emails about bills currently being considered by the Texas legislature.  In each instance, they were worked up because an article they read said that a beloved ...

July 26, 2024

Not every phrase means exactly what it sounds like...

Democrat and RINO politicians have been calling Donald Trump a threat to “our democracy” for quite some time now. It wasn’t until a few days ago, that I finally realized what they really mean. Unlike the "Affordable Care Act...

March 24, 2024

Escaping the State of Sin

Sinning -- everyone does it. That is why God sent his Son, Jesus Christ, to atone for our sins and provide a way that we can repent and become free of our sins. So why do some people find it so hard to accept their choices are sins? There are lies no...

March 24, 2024

Escaping the State of Sin

Sinning -- everyone does it. That is why God sent his Son, Jesus Christ, to atone for our sins and provide a way that we can repent and become free of our sins. So why do some people find it so hard to accept their choices are sins? There are lies no...

January 31, 2024

Texas Legislature Deceiving Voters Again

The Texas legislature recently passed a law creating three elected positions on the board of directors of the county agency that controls property taxes. This was done to placate voter anger over property taxes, but will not make any actual changes i...

January 25, 2024

Russian Roulette with Medicine

This is an issue everyone can agree on, but no one will act on:  Food allergies exist.  The U.S. food manufacturing industry does a decent job of providing ingredient information so that customers can make wise choices for their health....

March 28, 2023

Confessions of an 'old' Millennial

I generally like my local morning talk radio.  They're fairly conservative, but they just won't stop blaming the loss of the election on Trump's meanness.  Somehow, being mean — not election irregularities that n...

August 30, 2022

Where's my money?

I graduated from college almost completely debt-free.  Here is how I did it.   In high school, the first thing I did when I got home from school was complete all homework that had been assigned that day.  Even if it w...

August 13, 2022

Growing up Trans in the 80s

This is something I have never told anyone about.  I don't know if this is the right platform for this, but I want people to know that it is possible to struggle with gender dysphoria as a child and become a healthy well-adjusted adult who c...

July 17, 2022

Gay Marriage: An Odd Solution to Legitimate Problems

I have relatives on different sides of moral issues than myself.  Every now and then I try to find middle ground.  It usually turns into one giant online dogpile, with random people I don't know coming out of the woodwork to u...

June 30, 2022

Not all Abortions are the Same

I had a tough dialogue with a former friend concerning the Supreme Court’s Dodd decision.  We disagree on the fundamental aspects of the issue and the discussion has been eye-opening.  As teenagers we were both raised in ver...

March 15, 2022

Hope for the future

I have four children, three in high school, with the fourth almost in high school.  We live somewhere in Texas where we can afford to live off one salary. This means that the public school my children attend is considered a poor school ...