What is a “Fair” Tax?

Tweet Congress is wrestling over the issue of taxes. The current tax rates are going to jump at the start of the New Year if they do nothing. Most don’t want that to happen, but there isn’t a lot of agreement on what should be done. However, there is one thing you will hear over [...]

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Pilgrims, Socialism and Thanksgiving

TweetHuh? Actually, they really do go together. Here’s how. The Pilgrim trip was funded by a group of investors who were hoping to get a return on their money. The Pilgrims were therefore contractually bound to the investor’s plan. That plan stated that the Pilgrims were to hold all things in common and equally share [...]

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The Mugging of Dearly Departed Grandma Betty

TweetTHE MUGGING OF DEARLY DEPARTED GRANDMA BETTY A ONE-ACT VIGNETTE FADE IN: INT. LOCATION – DAY, AN OLD STYLE LIVING ROOM WE JOIN THE READING OF GRANDMA’S WILL IN HER OLD LIVING ROOM. HER THREE CHILDREN WITH SPOUSES AND HER TEN GRANDCHILDREN ARE SEATED ON COUCHES AND OVER-STUFFED CHAIRS, ALL DRESSED AS IF THEY HAD [...]

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Whose Property? The Sukup Family Story II

TweetAfter spending several days with the Sukups, we stayed over on Saturday to join Sheffield’s pancake breakfast, parade, and BBQ. If you’ve never experienced a small town celebration, then you are missing one of America’s sweet traditions. …and a long line of antique tractors! It isn’t fancy; there isn’t a lot of glitz; it doesn’t [...]

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Whose Property? The Sukup Family Story

TweetI just spent three days in Iowa, visiting the Sukup family, their manufacturing plant and the good folks of Sheffield—population ~1,000. Yes, I ate some of the most delicious corn you can imagine. In fact, I was so fascinated by the cornfields that it gave me a chance to meet the local sheriff! (I’ll fill [...]

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USA Today Cries Over Failure to Loot Steinbrenner’s Pockets

Tweet I don’t usually read USA Today, but I’m in Florida again filming for Cross Examine and the hotel offers it for free. Today’s “Our View” editorial was on the estate tax. Here is the subtitle: “Steinbrenner’s ‘smart’ financial move reveals stupidity of inaction”. In case you missed the news, George Steinbrenner, owner of the [...]

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Shaky Foundations

Tweet “But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you. Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done [...]

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Response to Lisa, Shawn and others…

TweetI just returned from 2 ½ weeks on the road. Two weeks in Florida filming Cross Examine and a few days in Dallas for a wedding. It was good to be home and I had to rush out this morning to get a look at the mountains. There is something both refreshing and overwhelmingly awesome [...]

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Me, Me, and My Healthcare

Tweet“He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves. When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, and the LORD will not answer you in that day.” 1 Samuel 8:17-18 While I was at a conference in Nashville a few weeks [...]

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Free Ourselves or Enslave Ourselves?

TweetFriday, I was sitting in Starbucks waiting to meet with a friend. I am not a coffee drinker, but I enjoy meeting with those who do. I always get a “steamer”. For the unaware, this is the child’s drink in a place of grown-up beverages! As I sat there, three young women walked in. I [...]

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