The Revolting Jezebel Revolt

By 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 […]

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Paradigm Shift in Progress

By Charlie Johnston Almost all the political commentators (with the notable exception of Kurt Schlichter at Townhall) are complaining that Donald Trump is complacent about Kamala Harris because he is unusually quiet instead of in full-throated attack mode. This is one of the reasons so many otherwise competent commentators would make such terrible political strategists. […]

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In Pharaoh’s Court

By Charlie Johnston As the Wizard of Oz found out, once people have seen behind the curtains of your vapid machinations and how hollow your thundering pronouncements are, you can’t fool them with the same tricks anymore. The Wizard was wise enough to come clean. American Democrats in the gutter press and politics have just […]

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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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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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Truth or Consequences

By Charlie Johnston I was somewhat startled at the reaction to my last piece on my disaffection with Pope Francis and his crew of theological vandals. Oh, I had a few of the usual cranks who explained to me how I am wrong about everything or citing their simplistic literal take on some prophecy to […]

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