Abraham's Journey
By Charlie Johnston Queens, New York – At times, when feeling playful in my research, I have gone on deep dives back decades, even over a century, looking at newspapers for general trends. It was on one of these forays that I discovered that if a president wanted to build a successful term, he would […]
Read More Signs and WondersBy Charlie Johnston Latrobe, Pennsylvania – I am thankful that the monster Category 5 Hurricane Milton was reduced to a more typical Category 3 by the time it made landfall in Florida, and a much weaker Category 2 shortly thereafter. The monster turned out to be significantly less bad than Hurricane Helene just before it. […]
Read More We Can Do ItBy Charlie Johnston Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – I’m going to try to do briefer pieces every day or two until at least election. Things have gotten so crazy that to try to do any sort of comprehensive stuff is truly like trying to drink from the proverbial fire hose. But we can do some postcards on […]
Read More We’re On Our OwnBy Charlie Johnston Ann Arbor, Michigan – Today, Thursday, Sept. 26, would have been my Dad’s 87th birthday. August 24th would have been my Mom’s 84th birthday. (For those of you clever with math, yes that does mean Dad was 18 when I was born and Mom was 15 – but they had been married […]
Read More Contemplations of a Road WarriorBy Charlie Johnston Libertyville, Illinois – Coming to my old home state of Illinois I know what an athlete must feel like visiting his old home stadium 25 years after he has retired. It is intimate in that he knows every nook and cranny of it, including every mound and soft spot on the playing field. […]
Read More Approaching the RubiconBy Charlie Johnston Omaha, Nebraska – I departed home yesterday for my latest missionary tour. About 70 miles northeast of Denver, a prairie fire swept across the road just before Wiggins, Colorado. After sitting for 15 minutes in the backed-up traffic, my GPS announced that the road ahead was now closed. Taking a gander at […]
Read More The Revolting Jezebel Revolt(The piece below appeared in the latest issue of our CORAC National Newsletter. If you don’t already read the CORAC site, you should. If you miss an issue, you miss a lot. I am convinced that this election is not going to be a resolution of the battle that has been simmering in American society […]
Read More The Braveheart ElectionBy Charlie Johnston “I have not come to bring peace, but a sword” -Matthew 10:34 The most unified society of the last century was Adolf Hitler’s Germany from 1933-1938. During that period almost all elements of German society (except for its Jewish citizens) supported the little, mustachioed dictator. Oh, some were not particularly impressed with […]
Read More The Sword of TruthBy Charlie Johnston In Germany they are having a rising tide of violent and often deadly knife crime. So naturally the doctrinaire lefties who are in control are proposing serious “knife control” legislation. Who knew that when government denies murderous thugs access to guns, those murderous thugs will simply find other weapons to accomplish their […]
Read More Pro-Lifers’ John Brown MomentBy Charlie Johnston Robert Kennedy Jr.’s dramatic suspension of his campaign in order to endorse Donald Trump has the chattering class abuzz. So, let me add my chatter to the mix. Kennedy is not a conservative – and this does not signal a journey towards a conservative conversion for him. What it does signal is […]
Read More The Kennedy Initiative: Who Will Rule?
A Sign of Hope 