Freedom – Page 6 – Perpetual Adoration

September 24, 2011

Job Creation & The Big Bang Theory

The year was 1966. I was 9 years old and had just started the fourth grade at St. Mark’s grade school in Peoria. When my mom questioned me about what school supplies I needed, I asked her to buy me a mechanical pencil (refillable lead pencil). I had asked for a mechanical pencil in the past, but was told that I didn’t need one. When my mom returned from the store, she surprised me with a new mechanical pencil.

July 2, 2011

American Exceptionalism

Every July 4th we celebrate “Independence Day,” the anniversary of when our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776).

July 3, 2010

The First Independence Day

StatueLiberty Last Monday morning while I was driving to the office, I turned on the radio to listen to the morning news. The big story of the day was the death of Robert Byrd, the record holder for longevity in the United States Senate. Byrd died at the age of 92, and was a senator for the state of West Virginia for 51 years.