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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.LetĢƵ recall something about this situation. God could have stopped His sonĢƵ 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. “Miracle on 34th Street” (1947) provides an early example.The new animated film “Klaus” (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, heĢƵ battling those pesky, impeachment-happy Democrats.Overseas, heĢƵ battling any world leader who doesn’t bow (or curtsy) at the sight of him.At this point, heĢƵ losing on both fronts.Last week, while Democrats were ...

‘Hell all day’: The Bulge in memory

HereĢƵ 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.HereĢƵ 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 — rather than a brawl, a riot or deadly combat — is that the violence is controlled.ThereĢƵ a penalty for “unnecessary roughness” ...

The epitome of parental love

<em>This is the second in a two-part series. The first article, titled “Number one cause of bad parenting, spouses,” 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, ...