A few days ago, I introduced my personal credo that I composed about thirty years ago. We here at A Better Angel believe that character is everything, and if one wants to be a person of character, one must have some idea of what that means. Character does not happen
On November 19, 1863, Edward Everett, perhaps the greatest orator in America in his time stood before a crowd of 15,000 people and wowed them with a two-hour speech. When he finished, the crowd gave him a rousing round of applause. The next speaker moved to the podium and gave
Years ago, when I was teaching English to high school students in Upham, North Dakota, I assigned the following lesson to my students: “Write a personal credo, in which you articulate the values, beliefs, and behaviors you wish to mark your life as a productive and moral citizen of the
I doubt very many of you have heard of Millerism. William Miller was a Baptist pastor in northeastern New York during the first half of the 19th century. Using eschatological math based on Daniel 8:14 and turning days into years, Miller concluded that the Second Coming would
When I served in the army as an infantry soldier back in the mid-seventies, we were using Vietnam era equipment. The radio I carried in the field was given the nomenclature AN/PRC 77 (Army/Navy Portable Radio Communication 77) We called it a prick 77. My battalion executive officer, second in