Reading over the headlines for today, one caught my attention. The NYPost:  “Star Wars’ unveils first transgender Stormtrooper, Sister — and fans are divided”  The story reports:   The first transgender Stormtrooper, named Sister, appears in the new book “Star Wars: The Secrets of the Clone Troopers.” According to the X account Star Wars Holocron, the character Captain Rex gives a description of S...

Back in 2017, the internet was shocked to learn that seven percent of Americans were found to believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows; 48 percent of respondents said they don’t know where chocolate milk comes from. The same research reported that another agriculture study had discovered that four out of 10 fourth, fifth and sixth-graders didn't realize cows are used to make hamburgers and thr...

The Christian Post reports the findings of a new study out of The Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University which was released on Tuesday.  Their findings report the rise in mental health issues for young people, such as anxiety, depression and fear, might have more to do with the lack of Biblical Worldview rather than “psychological or chemical imbalances.” https://www.christianpos...

Our school aged students have been back in the routine for a couple of months now.  By now, the “newness” has worn off and the routine has set in.  One of the things that I looked forward to at the beginning of a school year was new writing utensils.  In elementary school, the cool ones were those that had some type of theme printed on them.  NFL teams were my favorite to have pencil wars with.  I...

Economists tell us that The Federal Reserve is preparing to report today its first interest rate cut since March 2020. They guess between a 0.25 or 0.5 percentage point reduction.  Financial folks tell us that this could mean cheaper borrowing at the bank, credit card balance relief on interest, lower returns on savings accounts and the potential for even lower rates in the months to come.  So, wh...