Any teenager approaching their sixteenth birthday knows the traffic light rules.  Green for “Go,” red for “Stop,” and yellow for “Speed up!”  Well, at least that is what they have modeled for them by the older drivers on the road.  If you trace the history of the traffic light, we learn that the “yellow light” was last to be added, and might be the source of many lives saved.  According to history...  Read More

On April 17, 1952, a bill initiated by Mr. Conrad Hilton of Hilton Hotels and Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas was passed that read: The President shall set aside and proclaim a suitable day each year, other than a Sunday, as a National Day of Prayer, on which the people of the United States may turn to God in prayer and meditation at churches, in groups, and as individuals.It wasn’t until 1983 tha...  Read More

Rear Admiral John Kirby (Ret.) serves as White House National Security Communications Advisor.  He has become a familiar face on every news network.  One of the only spokes people brave enough to appear on all news platforms.  What I find telling about the networks are the type of questions they ask him and how poised and confident his answers are on each station. On Monday, Kirby appeared on both...  Read More

The COVID lockdown saw an uptick in boardgame interest.  Families found themselves opening their storage closets and dusting off the manual versions of Monopoly, Trivial Pursuit, Chutes and Ladders, Sorry, and Checkers.  There were a few classics that gave families some trouble. What some discovered was games like Clue, Risk and Othello have not aged well.  Still others were put off by the difficu...  Read More

In a recent interview with the UK’s LBC YouTube channel, Professor Richard Dawkins, one of the most famous atheists of our time, has touched on one of the fundamental problems in Christianity, being a “cultural Christian.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COHgEFUFWyg&t=3s In the interview Professor Dawkins speaks directly about the culture in Britain.  He says, “I call myself a cultural Christian. ...  Read More

As long as I can remember I have been fascinated with flight.  My first flight in a small aircraft came in high school.  A local pilot friend (Myron Lasater) took me up in his yellow Cub.  I’ll never forget it.  I was hooked.  I never pursued a private license, and I regret not taking the opportunity earlier in life to join the military.  However, I never lost the love and fascination of aircraft,...  Read More

You might have not realized it, but today is the International Day of Happiness! This day was established by the United Nations through resolution 66/281 on July 12, 2012.  Their website explains: It’s a day to be happy, of course! Happiness is a fundamental human goal. The United Nations General Assembly recognizes this goal and calls for “a more inclusive, equitable and balanced approach to econ...  Read More

Gone forever!  Have you ever gone to the lake or out into the ocean, having a great day until…your sunglasses come flying off?  Worse, have you ever lost a watch, ring or set of keys?  Regular water adventurers know to secure their gear with float tags and straps, but the casual recreationalist has lost millions of items, gone forever, never to be seen again.  Well, not so fast.  Thanks to Darick ...  Read More

When our children were in middle school, they began learning the capitals of each State. We learned the 50 States and their Capitals song, from one of the cartoon shows they liked to watch.  As I was “helping” them study, I thought I heard the song wrong. I went back and listened to it again and thought, “that is odd, they messed up the song.”  Imagine my embarrassment when I discovered the song w...  Read More

Reading through the headlines today, I ran across a photo that took me back to middle school. The cover of our science textbook was a 280 million-year-old fossil discovered in the Italian Alps in 1931. It looked to be similar to many of the lizards I saw running around my backyard, but scientist had long celebrated it as a “puzzle piece for understanding early reptile evolution.” They loved the fo...  Read More

What’s a Christian to do? This is the day that millions of Christians around the world have not been looking forward to since 2018.  What normally marks a day of sweet confections, indulgence and celebration, many this morning were reminded of the hard truth; today is also a day of fasting and abstaining.  What is a Christian to do?? This has not happened since 2018, and it was not a happy day bac...  Read More

If you grew up during the period of the 1960s to 90s you probably heard about, or possible owned, Sea Monkeys.  What is a Sea-Monkey, you might ask?  From their website: “Well, the Sea Monkey, is a relative of the brine shrimp. This creature will end up growing 1/2 to 3/4 inch in length. Their lifespan can be up to one year and we have had many customers who keep their Sea Monkey® colonies alive f...  Read More