by design | Jun 15, 2026 | Columnist, Rector
By Joe Rector I interviewed for my first job as a high school English teacher in 1974. Only a week of summer was left before teachers reported for in-service training for the coming school year. Luckily, Mildred Doyle honored a request from my mother to help in...
by design | Jun 14, 2026 | Columnist, Hunley, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Steve Hunley The protracted delay in counting the ballots in California is a prime example of just how poorly governed the once golden state has become. It has been ages since the voter rolls were purged, and ballots are mailed to everyone – an innovation of...
by design | Jun 14, 2026 | Columnist, Hill, Ray Hill's Archives, Stories In This Week's Focus:
By Ray Hill Arthur Harry Moore is not a name familiar outside of New Jersey, but in his time, Harry Moore was one of the best vote-getters in the Garden State’s history. Three times Moore was elected to nonconsecutive terms as governor of New Jersey and was also...
by design | Jun 8, 2026 | Columnist, Ferguson
Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. John Adams 1798 By Dr. Jim Ferguson How do you know what’s right? But the question presupposes that there is such a thing as right or some standard...
by design | Jun 8, 2026 | Columnist, Nagi
By Mark Nagi It’s a shame that the Tennessee Lady Vols softball team didn’t win the Women’s College World Series when they had Monica Abbott, the best pitcher on the planet. From 2004 to 2007, Abbott set career and single-season records with 189 wins, 2440 strikeouts,...
by design | Jun 8, 2026 | Columnist, Pratt
By Justin Pratt, Clear Springs Baptist Church Senior Pastor One of the most remarkable abilities God has given us is the ability to recognize a familiar voice. A mother can identify her child’s cry in a crowded room. A husband can pick out his wife’s voice from dozens...
