by design | Jan 30, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Consensus is the absence of leadership. Margaret Thatcher By Dr. Jim Ferguson A friend observed how gloomy the weather has been lately with overcast skies and “southern cold.” I know what she means. I no longer ski, but I remember riding lifts to 12,000 feet in the...
by design | Jan 23, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
The Cathedral I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. Martin Luther King, Jr. By Dr. Jim Ferguson My life is so different than it used to be. I had a rewarding career in medicine, but I could...
by design | Jan 16, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
I don’t know if prayer changes the mind of God, but it changes me. C.S. Lewis from “Shadowland” By Dr. Jim Ferguson Years ago, Malcolm Gladwell wrote “The Tipping Point.” In his book, Gladwell describes a point where systems or events begin to irreversibly cascade....
by design | Jan 9, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate to do. The Apostle Paul (Romans 7:15). Laws are like sausages; it is better not to see them made. Otto von Bismark By Dr. Jim Ferguson Each January finds many of us considering...
by design | Jan 3, 2023 | Columnist, Ferguson
Twilight Zone -No man’s life, liberty or property is safe while the legislature is in session. -There is no distinctly native American criminal class, save Congress. Mark Twain By Dr. Jim Ferguson As a writer of science fiction, I often imagine what it might be like...
by design | Dec 27, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
Hanging It Up We are what we repeatedly do. Historian Will Durant By Dr. Jim Ferguson Last week the Christmas spirit came to me. Each year I search for the spirit, and it finally comes, sometimes early and sometimes later. Jesus said, “Seek and you will find,” so I...