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An item caught my eye in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's front page on December 5th. It was an article on Iraqis and Afghans who have recently moved to the United States. While some have faced hardship here, they love their adopted country. (For all America's faults – and perhaps because of some of them – it is still a country that many dream of coming to.)
Eighty years ago, President Herbert Hoover famously promised, "A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage" if elected. On the 80th anniversary of that promise, what is our ability to fulfill that pledge for the average American?
In 2008, an epochal event passed mostly unnoticed. For the first time in history, more than 50% of humanity now lives in cities. What are some issues and some predictions for our growing cities, and for civilization as a whole?
The day after Thanksgiving has traditionally been the biggest shopping day of the year and the "kickoff" to the holiday shopping frenzy. "Black Friday," as retailers and businesses alike have dubbed it, is a day that economists predict most companies move from the "red" to the "black," and begin to realize a profit for the year.
It's that time of the year when those repeated seasonal refrains about reindeer, mistletoe, holly and little drummer boys bombard us in stores, mall-ways, on radio and TV—along with being hummed, whistled or sung in our ears by just about everyone around us. One of the favorites, left over from my past life in the frozen wilds of northern Wisconsin goes like...
The business of living life is full of many, many details. There are project reports to write, looming deadlines to meet, and a coffee spill on your desk that demands your attention. There are school forms to fill out and permission slips to sign while finishing your children's lunches as you see their school bus pull around the corner. Our eyeglass...
I am about to proceed into a new phase of life that most of us inevitably reach – that of becoming a grandparent! In approximately three months a beautiful baby girl will possess the same last name as this author and begin her journey through the many phases that we call life.
December 2 is the anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte's coronation as "Holy Roman Emperor." Was Napoleon just a great conqueror? Or, was he part of a 2,500-year-old story that weaves its way through Bible history and Bible prophecy and has yet to reach its climactic end? Napoleon was crowned at Notre Dame Cathedral on December 2, 1804. His coronation was...
By 1957, J. Paul Getty had become the wealthiest American alive and lived in almost unimaginable luxury. But, even Getty‘s phenomenal wealth seems insignificant when compared to what God has promised us. Getty would often say, “The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.” He was only half right!
Born in 1892 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by 1916...
Iceland is a fantastic, mysterious country located on the fringes of the habitable world where geothermal steam wisps slip through rock and ice fissures to escape into the cold blue sky. Iceland is one of the most advanced and educated nations on the planet and was fast becoming a world-class financial power – until its economy collapsed. What are the lessons...