Twigs

By Charlie Johnston   “As the twig is bent, so grows the tree” – old Oxford proverb A few weeks ago, a fellow promised to cut off my tie if I wore one to a dinner I was to attend. Since I was not the main speaker at the event and it was at a […]

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Just Politics

By Charlie Johnston (Back when I was managing editor of a group of suburban newspapers, my political column that appeared in all papers was entitled, “Just Politics.” The title was actually specific to the newspaper group, having been used by four or five writers over the course of a quarter century. It became so identified […]

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Beyond the Failsafe

By Charlie Johnston (I have been pondering this piece for several weeks. I think we have entered difficult new territory in an irrevocable way. For those who asked, no, I have not been sick since getting home – just working my way through this piece. It lays out our way forward as I see it. […]

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On Target

By Charlie Johnston Sometime later today the Rocky Mountains will come into view and I will be within sight of home. Thanks be to God. It has been a very busy couple of weeks, but an incredibly productive one. I can’t wait to tell you about the amazing field day we had in Lone Rock, […]

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Cast Off the Cloak of Lies

By Charlie Johnston Pinckney, Michigan – A couple of years ago, while discussing the depravities of the abortion industry with David Daleiden, I exclaimed, “There’s no bottom to this. Every time you think you have gotten to the bottom of something you discover a whole new chamber of horrors hidden beneath what you had already […]

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Injustice For All

By Charlie Johnston Plymouth, Michigan – The purpose of a justice system is…justice. It seems a downright quaint notion in a time when the law has been fully weaponized as a political cudgel against conservatives and Christians, when the FBI has supplanted the Ku Klux Klan as the paramilitary arm of the Democratic Party, and […]

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The Fog of War

By Charlie Johnston Casselton, North Dakota – When the anti-Catholic hate group, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, was invited to be honored before a game at Chavez Ravine, the Los Angeles Dodgers stadium, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles criticized the Dodgers for honoring the group and Archbishop Jose Gomez expressed his “disappointment, pain and dismay” […]

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Mene, Mene, Tekel Upharsin

By Charlie Johnston Several years ago, while chatting in the cool of the evening, my son (who was then a police officer) told me he was glad he was the one who had to carry guns for his work instead of me. Startled, I asked him why. “Everybody thinks you’re such a nice, friendly guy,” […]

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