Absurdity

Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they themselves are doing today? — Thomas Sowell By Dr. Jim Ferguson You might...

The Jeremiad

Any institution that is not explicitly (and actively) right wing will become left wing over time. —John O’Sullivan By Dr. Jim Ferguson I’m reading through the Bible again this year, but instead of reading scripture “I’m listening,” as Frasier Crane once said. I’ve...

Americanism

Recognition of the supreme being is the first, the most basic, expression of Americanism. Without God, there could be no American form of government, nor American way of life. — Dwight D. Eisenhower By Dr. Jim Ferguson And then they were gone. After spending a week...

628 Days

To destroy a people, you must first sever their roots. Alexander Solzhenitsyn By Dr. Jim Ferguson This is a special time for me because as I begin this essay my daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren are winging their way to Knoxville from Portland, Oregon. Due to...

The Premise

The only thing that progressives do is make things progressively worse. Greg Gutfeld By Dr. Jim Ferguson It’s a beautiful Wednesday afternoon as I sit down to write this column. Usually by this time something has popped up which interests me enough to spin into an...

Mindfulness

To sleep, perchance to dream—ay, there’s the rub: For in that sleep of death what dreams may come… Hamlet by William Shakespeare   By Dr. Jim Ferguson My grandchildren are out of school for the summer, and despite Covid they passed all their studies....