God Decides to Test America’s Christians
God Decides to Test America’s Christians God had been listening. For years, American politicians had invoked his name. They opened meetings with prayer, quoted Scripture in speeches, carried Bibles into
Manuel Barrera’s World War II Medals
For years, I wondered what those medals meant and why my dad received them. Those seven bars- I had no idea why they were there. I finally took the time
8.7.2026 – What Americans Are Reading This Morning
What Americans Are Reading This Morning — August 7, 2026 The biggest news of the morning arrived at 8:30 Eastern, and it changed the day’s news immediately. The United States
Ain’t that some shit, Republicans complaining about Bobby Pulido not being woke.
Republicans Say They Hate Wokeness—Until Bobby Pulido Is Not Woke Enough Republicans have spent years telling Americans that liberals are too sensitive, political correctness has gone too far, and nobody
Making Ourselves White by Keeping Our Grass Green
When Corpus Christi announced that it was easing its water restrictions, some Corpus natives began talking about what the change would mean. The first thing several people mentioned was the
Trump Wants to Be King, but He Forgot to Hire a Court Jester – guaranteed to make you laugh.
Let us assume Donald Trump wants to be king. It is not an unreasonable assumption. When Trump stood beside Britain’s King Charles, the official White House account posted their photograph
8.6.2026 – news Americans are reading
What is dominating the attention of Americans across major news sites this morning. This list reflects the stories that are receiving the broadest national attention across major U.S. news organizations,
Ordinary Angels: A Movie About Love That Refuses to Stand Aside
It is based on a true story. Some movies make us cry because something terrible happens. Others make us cry because, for a few minutes, human beings become better than
Thank you, Jolanda Jones and the Houston Chronicle, for doing to our children what the segregationists used to do to us.
Thank You, Jolanda Jones and the Houston Chronicle, for Doing to Our Children What the Segregationists Used to Do to Us I grew up in a different America. The schools
America Asked Them to Serve. Then ICE Took Their Families.
My father and uncle left home for the Army the day after Pearl Harbor. Other members of my family served in Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq. My grandson wears the uniform
8.5.2026 – What are Americans reading?
These are the stories receiving broad attention across national news homepages and most-read lists early Wednesday morning. Trump says an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz may come today
Vote Republican, and your chances of voting for someone who abuses women or children are five times greater than voting for a Democrat.
I recall the first vote I cast for a Republican; it was for Ronald Reagan. Back then, the Republican Party stood for family values. The new, rebuilt Republican Party led
Chicago gave Prohibition its bodies. The Mexican border got blamed for the violence.
Rum-Runners in the North, Bandits in the South My brain prefers escalators to stairs, so let us take the easy route into this history. During Prohibition, Americans wanted liquor. Canada
8.4.2026 – What news were Americans reading?
What Americans Are Reading — Tuesday Morning, August 4, 2026 This morning’s attention is divided among destructive wildfires, Trump’s confrontation with Iran, important Democratic primaries and another mass shooting. The
Pan Am 103: The Bomb Was Terrorism, but Was the Opening American Negligence?
The Bombing of Pan Am 103 is presented as a six-part television drama rather than a documentary, but its most disturbing moments come when it moves beyond the search for
When one lives long enough, one remembers the past, and it was not always America the beautiful.
Indiana adopted the nation’s first eugenic sterilization law in 1907. Other states followed. In 1927, the United States Supreme Court upheld Virginia’s forced-sterilization law in Buck v. Bell. Justice Oliver
ICE Is Using Local Police Camera Networks to Hunt Undocumented Immigrants
The little black camera beside the road does not know whether the person driving past it is undocumented, a citizen, a police officer or a grandmother going to church. It
8.3.202 – What news are Americans reading
What Americans Read in the Last 24 Hours Monday, August 3, 2026 AP provides an actual “Most read” ranking. Reuters, ABC, CBS and The Washington Post mostly show what editors
The Woman You Hear but Do Not See
The man on the album cover is holding the accordion (YouTube video below). The woman is nowhere in sight. Then track fifteen begins. Two women sing “Caricias Soñadoras,” an old
Trump Has a Plan to Widen the Strait of Hormuz – apply industrial lubricant
It was not meant to be a dirty joke, but sometimes one gets carried away and does not notice what one is writing. Satire Donald Trump has finally found a