“It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.” (Charles Dickens, Nicholas Nickleby, page 533) Alas, with what unmitigated horror would Mr. Dickens (and virtually…
Old adventures over? Well, in God, new adventures are available! “Many people cannot reconcile themselves to seeing their finest adventures spent and declining. Well! The answer lies in the surrender of our lives to God, for He is the very source of life, a source that is always new. He brings one adventure to an…
1) “Our ‘Terrible Masters’” (I & I Editorial Board) From the article — “Terrible masters” have been elected the mayors of New York City, Seattle, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. Los Angeles will elect another one this fall, either the Castro-ite incumbent will get another four years to torment the citizenry, or her challenger, a council member who…
1) “The US has emboldened Iran and abandoned Israel: Trump’s war with the Islamic Republic was doomed from the beginning.” (Phil Mullan, spiked!) From the article – From the start of the war to last weekend’s ‘memorandum of understanding’ with Iran, the White House has acted like a child who spies a hornets’ nest, pokes it with…
My, oh my; has it really been 16 years since we presented our first “When Swing Was King” program in a senior care facility? Goodness. That first show was presented at Life Care Center where my Mom was then living. And it was intended to be an entertainment feature at a party we were throwing…
The history of Vital Signs Ministries has been a long, challenging, and eventful one yet, by the grace of Almighty God, we have experienced remarkable victories and blessings along the way. And in almost all of the adventurous years of VSM’s Christ-centered pro-life ministry, Quint and Carol Coppi performed the most steadfast, winsome, and absolutely…
1) “In the Time of Covid” (Matthew Hennessey, WSJ Free Expression) From the article — My guess is that decades from now, historians will look at this period and conclude that well-intended public-health officials simply overreacted to the sudden appearance of a deadly and contagious pathogen. They got the response wrong because the world was in a…
1) “The merciless mistreatment of Henry Nowak: The harrowing footage of Henry’s dying moments is a searing indictment of our bigoted, unfeeling state.” (Brendan O’Neill, spiked!) From the article — For me, the most chilling thing in the bodycam footage of Henry Nowak’s last moments of life is the cops’ cruel presumption that he is lying. As…
1) “Under The New Global Religion of Tolerance, The Truth Must Never Trump ‘Unity’” (David Bowen, Harbinger’s Daily) From the article — We are living in an age where tolerance has become the supreme virtue of modern society. Governments promote it. Corporations market it. Schools teach it. Media platforms enforce it. Religious leaders increasingly preach it. At…
1)“America at 250: Museum or Nation?” (James Thorne, Real Clear Politics) From the article — As Oswald Spengler warned, civilizations decay when faith gives way to technique, politics becomes administration, and ruling classes lose the will to defend what made their civilization worth inheriting. The European Union offers the modern template: technocracy without vigor, regulation without…
