The Thirty-Three Percent

The Thirty-Three Percent “Without God, there could be no American form of government, nor American way of life. Recognition of the supreme being is the first, the most basic, expression of Americanism.” President Dwight Eisenhower By Dr. Jim Ferguson If you’re reading...

Populisms

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...

The Christmas Message

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...

A Charged Life

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...

Winds of Change?

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....

Cultural Marxism

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,...