Operation Underground Railroad

While almost all of us in the United States often take our freedom for granted, millions don’t have that blessing in their lives. These are men, women, and especially children, and even include some 60,000 living in this nation. Operation Underground Railroad (O.U.R.) rescues and rehabilitates enslaved children across the … Read more…

Just Because We Can Doesn’t Mean We Should

Those who live in any free country where freedom of speech is tolerated and protected by law can have a hard time understanding when not to shoot off their mouths. It’s one of the gifts of wisdom that often only comes with time and age but the earlier we learn … Read more…

What is Everyday Freedom to You?

The brand spanking New Year approaching brings the chance for freedom and a fresh start for those blessed with the opportunity to make their own choices. There are large freedoms (like living in a free land) and small freedoms, all of which can be life-changing to those who yearn for … Read more…

No Simple Answers

Following up on my last blog post about politics, I am not naïve enough to think there are simple answers to the problems facing Congress and the state legislatures, not the least of which is the entrenched system. But… Where there is no respect, there can be no cooperation. Where … Read more…

A Pox on Their Houses

Making any political comment in public is always dicey, especially when you know you’re being monitored from multiple corners. But most of us, especially creatives, eventually reach an age where we’ve grown tired of being told what we can and can’t do and say every minute of the day unless … Read more…

Let’s Not Take Freedom for Granted

As aircraft fly over our crowded suburban valley to take part in a variety of Memorial Day air shows around the Southland, they bring a tangible reminder of how and why we are still free.  For every patriotic holiday, they are here. And when I hear the unmistakable drone of the … Read more…