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Astronomical federal deficit. Skyrocketing national debt. Obamacare and what lies (no pun intended) ahead. Escalating health care costs. Mushrooming taxes and hidden fees. Downsizing and pension cutbacks. Food and education increases. “Spread the wealth” socialistic policies.  Surviving and even thriving in the midst of today’s economic upheaval is the challenging task we all face. Many […]

If you’re like me, you appreciate practical tools to help you in your Christian life. With Thanksgiving approaching, here’s a gift to enable you to cultivate grateful hearts in those with whom you gather.First of all, living in our increasingly secular society, it’s important we remind ourselves of the pertinent facts concerning the holiday of

Mr. President, I thank you for this opportunity to share the following with you. After graduating from Cleveland State University, where I was privileged to serve as the president of our student body, I was selected for a post at the AFL-CIO headquarters across the street from the White House, your home. One day I

President Obama’s former bodyguard stated last week something many are starting to realize: It’s worse than people know. This man has been privy to the most in-depth conversations in the Oval Office and shudders at what he has heard. To this statement, he added, “I’m not trying to scare you either.” Billy Graham just turned

It seems not a week goes by where we don’t read the account of some high-profile pastor, politician, celebrity or local leader who has succumbed to the seduction of adultery. Add to this the reports that flow in the office, on the campus or in our neighborhoods, and it makes you just shake your head

The smash hit of the Sundance Film Festival, Blue Is the Warmest Color, was given the highest warning a “legitimate” film can get by the MPAA, due to its sexually explicit content concerning a lesbian relationship. Since the MPAA warning is basically a recommendation and not a binding, legal obligation for theater owners to follow, theaters

When I lived in Atlanta, my favorite restaurant was Fuddruckers. I could get an inexpensive and healthy meal plus have a good chat with my manager friend.  One day, he told me something that I’ve never forgotten. He told me he grew up in New Orleans and that every single year for decades, he heard

A number of years ago, I was privileged to have a breakfast conversation with the late John Osteen, father of Joel Osteen. I appreciated his forthright style of communicating God’s Word in his weekly television sermons. He always spoke clearly and yet compassionately in conveying the truth of the Scripture. I thanked him for his

Hey, Bill! You’re my main man when it comes to getting excellent news analysis. Your No.1 cable-rated news show for 13 years running continues running in our home. Reading your books and listening to you over the decade has convinced me that we are joined at the hip. The similarities in our Catholic upbringing, our age,

A politician was asked for his position on a very controversial piece of legislation. As the journalists surrounding him leaned in for his much-awaited answer, he reflected for a moment and then responded. “Some of my friends are for it. Some of my friends are against it. As for me … I’m for my friends!”

Grab a seat. This one is hard to believe. Many newspapers across our country feature a weekly human interest story about newlyweds and how they found love. The New York Times is no different with their “Vows” section. Recently Udonis Haslem, NBA star for the Miami Heat, and his new wife, Faith Rein, were given

As a Beatle, Paul McCartney wrote and sang “When I’m 64.” It appeared on what many believe is one of the greatest and most creative albums of all time, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Today Sir Paul is 71 years of age. Don’t wince, but rather identify with one of the closing lines from