Category Archives: Missouri Megatrends

The Days of our Lives

Can you believe that “Days of Our Lives”  has been on TV 60 years? They have 15,000 episodes, and the fact that I’ve never watched one of them or even have the slightest idea of what that soap opera is … Continue reading →

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You can learn a lot from a 19th Century Poet

Remember those 1980’s car commercials, “You can learn a lot from a dummy” which showed crash test dummies in unbelted crashes, etc.? I believe these preceded the plethora of books for dummies. Even a 19th century poet who seems to … Continue reading →

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A Message of Bloodshed

Frankly I’m glad I couldn’t find the photograph described here: “In September of 1970, Arafat’s guerrilla warfare corps hijacked four international aircraft and forced them to land in the Jordanian desert, at Dawson’s Field. Jordan’s King Hussein used his army … Continue reading →

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Is the Answer to Gen Z Dale Carnegie?

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Radio Free Catholicism

Well, it’s not really radio free, but it is real Catholicism. To a point. Relevant Radio came on the air 25 years ago. It started in Austin in 2005 having taken over the Protestant Christian radio station that interestingly enough … Continue reading →

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Domestic Tranquility, The Trad Wife, or Feminism – The enemy of the female and femininity

Without a doubt Domestic Tranquility [i]is the best book I’ve read on feminism. It’s subtitled “A Brief Against Feminism” because she was a lawyer by training. She was about the same age as Ruth Bader Ginsberg the feminist icon, heroine, and example. She … Continue reading →

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Egalitarianism

This is a picture of one of my son’s over 30 years ago in my LBE, Load Bearing Equipment. I’m sure they have other names for this gear now. In fact in the 70s it was called something else too. … Continue reading →

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Sobriety, Ecstasy, Revivalism, and Church Growth

Here’s a title to rival Lutheran sermon titles from the 17th and 18th centuries. Let’s see if I can make it make sense.

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The Relationship Between Trophies for all and Elitism for None

All my kids (I think) played Little League in Louisiana. It was in the mid to late-nineties that one of them came home from his last game with a foot or taller trophy. I know his team was not in … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Scaries

I let my subscription to Harper’s lapse for a year before they made be an offer that I couldn’t refuse. Though I often referred to Harper’s in this blog overall the writing frustrated me muchly.

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