by Bill Farley | Apr 25, 2022 | Sanctification
WHEN MY DAUGHTERS WERE LITTLE we bought them glow-in-the-dark lizards. This was a big deal in 1980. After the plastic toys sat under a lamp or out in the sun for a few hours they would somehow absorb the light. When night came they would glow, sometimes for hours....
by Bill Farley | Apr 22, 2022 | Civil Government
ALEXANDER FRASER TYTLER was a professor of Ancient History at the University of Edinburgh. He specialized in ancient Roman and Greek culture. He died in 1813. He was known for his insight into big picture issues. Watching the growing influence of the young nation, the...
by Bill Farley | Apr 18, 2022 | Culture, Uncategorized
DAVID BROOKS, well known liberal writer for the New York Times, in an article for The Atlantic on the nuclear family, cited this interesting quote. A study of women’s magazines by the sociologists Francesca Cancian and Steven L. Gordon found that from 1900 to 1979,... by Bill Farley | Apr 11, 2022 | Culture
WE RIGHTFULLY FEAR EARTHQUAKES. They are sudden, usually unexpected, and depending upon their severity, life-changing. Earthquakes occur when pent-up energy along a fault line is released. A fault line is a place where two slowly moving tectonic plates meet. The...