As Texas Goes…

By Charlie Johnston Charleston, South Carolina – Last week I was interested to find out whether Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was serious about protecting the state’s border in defiance of the Biden Administration. I used to joke that Abbott is always as conservative as voters force him to be. Now, I’m not sure it much […]

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How Low Can We Go?

By Charlie Johnston Boy, do I miss the days when the question, “Is the Pope Catholic?” was just rhetorical. These last few months of Francis’ Papacy have reminded me of the closing sequence of The Godfather. In those scenes Michael Corleone piously stands as godfather at his nephew’s baptism, while his henchmen kill off all […]

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The Strickland Saga

By Charlie Johnston Mico, Texas – Early in his pontificate, Pope Francis said he wanted to, “make a mess,” and urged young people to do the same. With the normalization of transgenderism in the Church and the approval for blessing same sex unions, combined with the dismissal of two orthodox Bishops for vague or no […]

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ARe We There Yet?

By Charlie Johnston The older I get, the more I come to appreciate the wisdom of Jesus including Judas in His initial crew of Apostles. I am certain that Judas fully believed Jesus to be the Messiah. It is the only way the whole story makes sense. He was tired of traipsing around the desert […]

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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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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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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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