by design | Oct 3, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
Observations No society ever thrived because it had a large and growing class of parasites living off those who produce. Thomas Sowell By Dr. Jim Ferguson Becky is a more optimistic person than I am. And that’s good. We balance each other in many areas of our...
by design | Sep 26, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
Hypocrisy What if the border between Mexico and the United States was wide open, so that anyone could cross and live on the other side at will? One thing is certain: the distinction between Mexico and Texas would soon dissolve. Philip Yancey and Tim Stafford From...
by design | Sep 19, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act. Dietrich Bonhoeffer By Dr. Jim Ferguson As an American I have never understood British royalty; but there are a lot of things I don’t...
by design | Sep 12, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
Memes When people show you what they are, believe it. Lisa Boothe Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. Ronald Reagan By Dr. Jim Ferguson What a contrast between President Trump’s hope-filled Save America rally in Pennsylvania and Joe...
by design | Sep 6, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
Hanging On Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves. DH Lawrence I will fight the good fight. I will keep the faith and I will finish the...
by design | Aug 29, 2022 | Columnist, Ferguson
A Death in the Family This is my Father’s world. Maltbie Davenport Babcock By Dr. Jim Ferguson I am a native Knoxvillian and, except when I was in medical school and internal medicine residency, I have lived in Knoxville all my life. I went to Tyson Junior High and...
