I guess Washington just doesn't get it. Midterm elections should always be considered a referendum on the status quo - a chance for the American voting populace to issue a thumbs up or thumbs down on its representatives. The 2010 election was a tough time to be an incumbent. The Republicans saw a 61-seat increase to take the House, and incumbent ... [Read More…]

From the moment one arrives on ACU's campus, there is a subtle countdown to graduation: you have four years to find someone to marry, tick tock. As we all know, there are only 4,700 Christians out there who are marriage material, all of whom attend ACU. Even though most probably enrolled in ACU to get a Christian education, let's admit that ... [Read More…]

Recyclables are killing culture. The job description of an archaeologist, according to Wikipedia, is to "study past human societies primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data which they have left behind." That basically means one era's trash is another era's treasure. So, when we recycle, we steal a ... [Read More…]

When I was 6 years old, I desperately wanted to be a zookeeper. Stuffed animals, Zoo Books and a mountain of Beanie Babies filled my room. I frequently fed and played with our two dogs, and I begged my parents to take me to the Abilene Zoo almost every day because I wanted to feed the giraffes, watch the lions and make faces at the monkeys. The ... [Read More…]

I can't help but notice the startling resemblances between the Democratic Party and the 2010 Dallas Cowboys. Both entered their reign of power with astronomical expectations, yet have failed to live up to the hype. The Cowboys lost 45-7 on Sunday. The Democrats lost 239-188 on election night. Both are under the guidance of embattled leaders who ... [Read More…]

Good news everybody! I have it on very good authority that any day now the super science community will begin making all kinds of technological breakthroughs. Science will bring us flying cars, 4-D movies and self-drying clothes. In fact, Mattel should be only a few short years away from reinventing the 1980s by introducing us to the world's ... [Read More…]

My family tends to hold on to things till we can't get any more use out of them. Our last minivan had nearly 300,000 miles on it, shook when it got past 45 miles per hour and looked like a step down from the Flintstones car. The only reason we gave it away was because members of our church said they were praying daily that we would come to our ... [Read More…]

When I was four years old, my mom dressed me as a spider for Halloween. She handmade the intricate, black costume and rigged the spider legs to move whenever I moved. I'm not sure how long it took, but I doubt it was easy. She dressed me in the costume and led me to a mirror where I could marvel at the costume she had created. But when I saw ... [Read More…]

Some people are born in towns and states without professional sports teams. Some people are born and go to high schools where the cross country team has 60 members and the football team has 20. Some people are born with the need to talk about their favorite president rather than their favorite basketball player. Some people are born without cable ... [Read More…]

A horse's saddle seems to be a popular spot for characters in old Western films and cowboy legends to learn important life lessons and reach profound insights about nature or humanity. I'm picturing a lone, rugged cowboy riding across the plains and sleeping under the stars, his horse roped to a tree near the campfire while he plays his harmonica ... [Read More…]