One of the great privileges of my time serving in the U.S. Air Force was the assumption of command of the 1st Air and Space Test Squadron at Vandenberg AFB California in 2006. While there are many higher and strategically consequential command positions, most military leaders will agree that this level of unit command is […]

A new academic year has begun, and with its arrival comes excitement and anticipation of all the potential growth that lies ahead in our educational endeavors.  If I could put one book into the hands of many Christian students at this time it would be A.G. Sertillanges’ short work The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, […]

The Bible is replete with examples of the powerful, life-changing power of trusting in Yahweh. The apostle Paul was brought to nothing on the road to Damascus before radically giving his life to serve Christ and propagate the Gospel message. King David was an adulterer and murderer, yet he repented to the point where he […]

Let’s agree that Mr. Biden was dealt a bad hand in Afghanistan. Many previous administrations* had failed to deal with the quagmire, and there certainly was no good set of options available to any president. But was it possible for Mr. Biden to play his cards any worse? What he has done, and what he […]

Last week, the New York State Office of the Attorney General released their report confirming that Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed at least 11 women while acting as Governor of New York. The ethics violations are clear and, in this instance, intimately related to Cuomo’s political power.  All victims except one came into contact with Cuomo […]

We were told by the White House the president did not have the authority to extend the moratorium on evictions. Instead, it would take a change in the law. Congress, that bastion of limpness, always hoping to be relieved from the burden of legislating, begged the White House to act on its own. Now, like […]

The first of a three part series on faith with just a hint of economic insight added for seasoning. Well, it wouldn’t be the soon-closing tide of summer around the Bereans home base if we hadn’t been graced once again by the penmanship of my co-author and dear friend, Stanley Schwartz. From my understanding, he […]

This past week, dear reader, you may have noticed the kerfuffle in the news about Simone Biles, especially if you’ve been following the Tokyo Olympics. Biles, a many-time national and world champion gymnast from Columbus, Ohio, has set enough new marks of excellence for American gymnasts that some pre-Olympics commentary mentioned her as the greatest […]

I’ve been thinking a bit about how biblical humility could help us to live well in relation to others.  If our cultural conversations over the past year and a half have hinted at anything, it is that Christians need to know how to faithfully respond to injustice, especially racial injustice, in our communities.  We need […]

The Biden administration seeks to form an international agreement to establish a global minimum corporate tax at 15%. According to CNN, 132 nations back the proposal, but some notable holdouts including Ireland, block the way. The EU needs to vote unanimously to pass the proposal, so as long Ireland opposes it, there’s no deal. Over […]