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With the recent passing of my 36-year-old daughter, who lead a courageous 10-year on and off battle with cancer, I had to intensely revisit this question.Let鈥檚 recall something about this situation. God could have stopped His son鈥檚 death, but chose not to because Jesus Christ had to go to ...

Not much romance in Santa’s toy warehouse

A fixture of family Christmas movies is worldly-wise children recovering some of their innocence. 鈥淢iracle on 34th Street鈥 (1947) provides an early example.The new animated film 鈥淜laus鈥 (on Netflix) does not stray from this theme. Children living on an icy island seek a workaround to ...

Trump: An international dud

President Trump is now fighting wars on two fronts.In this country, he鈥檚 battling those pesky, impeachment-happy Democrats.Overseas, he鈥檚 battling any world leader who doesn鈥檛 bow (or curtsy) at the sight of him.At this point, he鈥檚 losing on both fronts.Last week, while Democrats were ...

‘Hell all day’: The Bulge in memory

Here鈥檚 something barely comprehensible: veterans of World War II will be with us until at least 2030. This projection comes from the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.Here鈥檚 the math: Some sixteen million men served in the armed services during the war, which, for the United ...

Rewarding bad behavior Is a recipe for worse

Professional football involves systematic violence. On every play, men do things that would get them arrested in other contexts. What makes it a game 鈥 rather than a brawl, a riot or deadly combat 鈥 is that the violence is controlled.There鈥檚 a penalty for 鈥渦nnecessary roughness鈥 ...

The epitome of parental love

<em>This is the second in a two-part series. The first article, titled 鈥淣umber one cause of bad parenting, spouses,鈥 published on Nov. 22 and you can find it on our website.</em>There are legitimate reasons we fall short on conferring our TEM (Time, Energy, ...