Steve’s Columns
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DIDN’T SEE THAT COMING! Pro-LIFE ‘American Sniper’
It was a bright, furnace-like afternoon in August 2009 when I shuffled out of a movie theater slightly stunned, even…
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GERRY RAFFERTY REMINDS US: Don’t. Waste. Your. Life
Until recently, the neighborhood Dunkin’ Donuts I visit almost daily featured an in-house music station specializing in the soundtrack of…
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WE AREN’T EATING OUR DEAD YET! Obama’s a Success
Over the holidays, one of Barack Obama’s wind-up-toy spokesmen surfaced on FoxNews‘ Saturday “Business Block” – blustering haplessly about America’s allegedly resurgent…
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RAINY CHRISTMAS? Okay, But It’s Still CHRIST-mas
This year, my part of the country — mid-New England — was plunged unceremoniously into the heart of winter on…
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Smashing Annoying Anti-Christmas Myths
Too often a bogus account bubbles up and gains a foothold in the population’s received version of things — and…
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GUTLESS WONDERS TAKE NOTE: Queen Rania Steps Up
It’s ironic that it should be a women who’s lately stepped forward to publicly denounce bloody-minded Islamic radicals. Your rank-and-file,…
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CHRISTMAS BEAUTY, 2014: Courtesy of John Lewis; and John Lennon
Celebrated British Department Store Chain “John Lewis” has released its annual Christmas TV advertisement; and it bracingly affirms: even in our…
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CRASS CONSERVATIVES: Embarrassing Themselves, Hurting Our Cause
With troubling regularity, I recall a humorous cartoon I spotted some thirty years ago: A bunch of angry protesters are…
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PATRIOTS SERVING: ‘Cause Somebody’s Gotta Do It
Last week, I performed the funeral for a ninety-six year old Army Air Corps veteran. As I drove to the cemetery,…
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LESSONS IN FRIENDSHIP: Courtesy of Kirk and Spock
Just got done over the weekend, for the umpteenth time, watching the titanic “death of Spock” scene in probably the best of…
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CLASS ACT: Robert Downey Jr., Iron Man 4 and Mel Gibson
If only because he refuses to march, lock-step, with Hollywood’s trendy, assembly-line pieties, I’ve had a certain admiration for Robert…
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WHITE HOUSE REALITY ALERT! A Fence for Me, Not for Thee
Over the past few weeks, reality has boorishly crashed the delusional party which Leftists have been throwing for decades. Not…
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VILE ‘SONS OF ANARCHY’: What’s Wrong With America?
I’m putting aside the topic I’d planned for this column. A rant’s suddenly rumbling inside me – so, for a…
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DEATHS IN SUMMER: Lessons Learned or Lost?
This year, it particularly feels like August’s “Dog Days” became summer’s “Death Days” — not just from headlines of bloody…
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MISSIONARY BASHING? Ann Coulter Blows It. Big Time
One could argue that, heretofore, the gold medal for embarrassing (and disappointing) Ann Coulter public stands would have to go…
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TEARS OF A CLOWN: Robin Williams’ Untimely Death
The familiar figure of the “sad clown” has been doing cultural duty for centuries. No denying, it’s a genuinely bordering-on-shopworn…
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Freedom of Profanity and Gore? Is That the Best We Can Do?
It’s estimated a total of 50,000 colonists perished or were wounded during America’s Revolutionary War. Lives, fortunes and sacred honor…
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Hello, Church! America’s Fate Is in Your Hands
Two Sundays past, my church participated in “Call2Fall” — Family Research Council’s annual event which encourages Christian assemblies across America…
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‘Air-Heads’: Hobby Lobby Panic Confirming Women Stereotypes?
So, are we supposed to conclude women really are flighty, irrational, emotions-driven hot-house flowers, after all? No offense, but you’d…
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Iraq: U.S. In, U.S. Out? Not Our Concern? Sorry, Not that Easy
It’s an elbow-in-the-ribs drag finding myself rankled toward some of my — formerly? — favorite conservative commentators. Almost physically uncomfortable…
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Taking For Granted a Great Dad? Only Fools Will Do That
In America, fatherless sons or daughters once were the sympathy-generating exception to the mom-and-dad-headed family rule. That disagreeable condition rarely…
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These Two Remind Us: No On-the-Cheap Rescue for America
It didn’t get major media play, but in some sectors of the American church-world Dutch Sheets’ recent resignation from directorship…
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A Memorial Day Jolt: My Son, a Bridge and a Fallen Hero
This Memorial Day, my wife and I joined a few dozen others attending a ceremony to rename a local bridge…
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Repellent! The Worst Thing Westboro Baptist Church Has Done
Seems that, for a while now, the execrable outfit known as Westboro Baptist Church has been suffering the drip-drip-drip of…
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Getting Things Right: The Mother’s Day–or Day-After-Mother’s-Day–Excuse
In one of those episodes that struck me as more providential than accidental — a “God-incidence”, as some like to…
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Scientists Ain’t God: Getting Neanderthal — and a Whole Lot Else — Wrong
So, can we now add Neanderthals to the “victim class” catalogue? Turns out anthropology may have done a serious disservice…
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CHRISTIAN SEX SCANDALS: How to Avoid Them and What To Do If Exposed
Hoo-boy. Like blisters in a bad shingles outbreak, reports of sexual shenanigans among “Christian” leaders have been erupting all across…
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Reminder for Kobe Bryant and Brendan Eich: ‘Taking a Stand’ Means…Standing
The baying bullies of Secular Progressivism have been hard at work lately and their toil’s been paying handsome dividends (for…
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Vikings: A TV Series — and World? — Without Real Christians
The History Channel‘s dramatic series Vikings has just kicked off its second axe-wielding, village-plundering season. It’s apparently a ratings winner, and…
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The Adventures of Patrick of Ireland — Aching for Hollywood’s Attention
With the impending release of special-affects-loaded blockbuster Noah and the arrival of St Patrick’s Day, I am again reminded: Every…
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Glenn Beck Urges: Don’t Stop by for Liam Neeson’s ‘Non-Stop’
I flipped on my car radio yesterday morning to find myself midstream of Glenn Beck eviscerating what I gathered to…
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Sullivan and the Beatles Changed America — Surprise?!
I confess to being a tad surprised how much I enjoyed CBS’ recent, 2-1/2 hour retrospective: The Night that Changed America/The…
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Admit It: Decent Folks No Longer Have a Place in the Democratic Party
The most recent edition of my favorite political journal, National Review, features this blurb in its wrap-up of the week’s…
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America the Multi-Cultural? Coca-Cola’s Saddening Super Bowl Serenade
I always look forward to Super Bowl Sunday, regardless of which teams are squaring-off. It reliably provides something to look…
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Wendy Davis Lies — Because That’s What Pro-Aborts Do
So, pro-abort Wonder Woman/Texas gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis lied about her backstory? So she tricked out her bio’s details to…
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Robertson, Holyfield: Welcome to B.L.I.C.–Bullied-by-Liberal-Intolerance Club
First, Duck Dynasty‘s Phil Robertson, and more recently former boxing champ Evander Holyfield — both drew the ire of cultural correctness’…