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  • Random

    Perhaps all of these random aspects of our creek valley life also have a reason. They bring me random joy when least expected.
  • After Meta’s historic settlement, Congress must protect children online
    In a historic settlement with 47 states, Meta agreed to pay up to $17.1 billion in penalties to resolve claims that it designed its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram, to foster harmful addiction among minors.
  • Welfare reform 30 years later – work works
    Common-sense reforms that target waste and fraud and ensure these programs are not a lifetime handout for able-bodied, working-age adults help ensure this needed assistance will be available for families in need for many more years to come.
  • Notes from political no-man’s land
    Here I find myself, in political no-man’s land, crouched behind a garbage can, keeping my head down while verbal bullets fly overhead – “fascist” from one side, “toxic empathy” from the other. Socrates is my hero. He would advise rational discourse.
  • The energy future: Made in China – by coal
    The American people are increasingly victims of an array of poor energy policy decisions at both the federal and state level – and even utilities themselves have failed to think ahead, closing productive coal plants to get in on the government dole of “renewables” like expensive wind and solar.
  • Bipartisan majority wants AI aimed at government fraud
    As the federal government faces hundreds of billions of dollars in estimated annual fraud losses, a bipartisan majority of voters want it to use artificial intelligence to help catch waste and abuse, a new poll found.
  • 'Artificial Intelligence' has been misnamed
    Calling one of the most consequential technological advances in history “artificial intelligence” has not only animated anxieties but also inspired hyperbole including the idea of an inevitable super-intelligence.
  • Who listens?
    The Bible says, “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires (James 1:19.20 NIV).
  • Swing voters, older voters wary of democratic socialist candidates
    Independents are even more cautious of Democratic Socialist candidates, with 46% remaining undecided and 32% viewing those candidates as too extreme.
  • Who is really paying for American politics?
    Follow the money. Disclose the interests. Expose the relationships. Then trust the American people to decide.
  • Republicans optimistic about chances of holding U.S. House in midterms
    Republican leaders in the U.S. House are confident they will maintain control of the chamber after the midterm elections, despite coping with party infighting that has delayed progress on critical legislation.
  • Dems’ demonization of Trump to blame for rise of socialism
    While socialism as a trend is a real threat to America, the greater threat is to the Democratic Party itself, potentially rendering it a minority party for years to come. 
  • A sermon on Matthew 18:19-20
    During those times when the darkness of doubt keeps you from seeing God, know that God sees you. God spoke to me last night in a dream. He said, "When your life is at its darkest, My love is at its brightest."
  • Waiting can be disastrous
    I’ll be blunt. Don’t be stubborn and stupid. Don’t wait until it’s too late. 
  • Ironweed
    The leaves on the buckeye trees are beginning to yellow. They are the first to bud each spring and the first to remind us that fall is on its way. When a late summer breeze blows through the creek valley, a few of their leaves lose hold and fall to the ground.
  • Data centers
    I have decided I am in favor of building data centers, as long as they comply with all local, state and federal codes and regulations. We already have data centers now. Ever store anything from a computer in a cloud? That is in a data center.
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