On October 14, 1987, Jessica McClure, age 18 months, fell into a well in her aunt’s backyard in Midland, Texas. For the next 58 hours, as rescue crews worked around the clock to free her, “Baby Jessica,” thanks to cable TV news coverage, became “everybody’s...

When I was in elementary school and a student would use bad manners, several teachers would ask: “Were you raised in a barn?” Well, in a way, I was. So were a lot of my classmates. You see, I grew up in farm country and...

It might be the most controversial passage in the New Testament: 22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of...

If you were a fan of the animated TV series “The Jetsons,” you missed an important birthday last year. It’s estimated that George Jetson was born on July 31, 2022. If you’re not a fan of the show, George is the patriarch of a family...

Early in my radio career, some 40 years ago, I worked for a small radio station in Wisconsin. Like all radio stations, it had an on-air or programming staff and a sales staff. One day a memo was issued informing us that the parking stalls...