by design | Dec 26, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Populisms By Dr. Jim Ferguson This will be my last Focus column of 2023. And even though there is little difference week to week, we are all, nonetheless, time-focused creatures. In his trilogy on the origins of Western Civilization, Thomas Cahill imagined a moment...
by design | Dec 18, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
The Christmas Message Not everyone can do great things, but everyone can do small things with great love. Mother Teresa By Dr. Jim Ferguson Every year Becky and I begin our annual pilgrimage through our stack of Christmas movies. Like Holiday music, these timeless...
by design | Dec 11, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
A Charged Life The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. Pablo Picasso By Dr. Jim Ferguson I don’t get out as much as I used to. All my life I was working or hurrying to get somewhere. And then I retired and discovered I was...
by design | Dec 4, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Winds of Change? I care about the reality of goodness, not the perception of it. Elon Musk By Dr. Jim Ferguson Perhaps it’s just me, but I don’t remember so many salutations of “Happy Thanksgiving” as I heard this year. I found it infectious, so I responded in kind....
by design | Nov 27, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Cultural Marxism War is hell. War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over. William Tecumseh Sherman By Dr. Jim Ferguson Like many Americans I was horrified by the Hamas terrorist attacks October 7,...
by design | Nov 20, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Memories Back through the years, I go wonderin’ once again, back to the seasons of my youth… Dolly Parton from “Coat of Many Colors” By Dr. Jim Ferguson All I remember about Copenhagen is the iconic little mermaid statue in the city’s harbor and the best caviar I’ve...
