Author Archives: Glen Franklin Koontz

Holland and English are safely in Dallas, and working to put Holland’s apartment together. I imagine that Holland and her friends will reward English’s efforts with some wining and dining at their favorite haunts. Meanwhile, Dudley and I are coexisting. It is a very fragile situation. As longtime readers know, in Dudley’s mind, it isContinue reading “AUGUST 8, 2026”

“When the taste for physical gratifications among them has grown more rapidly than their education . . . the time will come when men are carried away and lose all self- restraint.” —Alexis de Tocqueville. America’s number one problem today is not political; it is moral and spiritual.  We live in an incredibly promiscuous age—worldwide—withContinue reading “AUGUST 7, 2026”

Holland, accompanied by English, is leaving Tennessee, driving through Arkansas, and will spend the night in Texas. Tomorrow she will be back at her apartment, and settling in for the long term. Dudley is quite disturbed. He knows Holland is not returning anytime soon. And he is quite put out about it. Even the newContinue reading “AUGUST 6, 2026”

“’We’ll be Friends Forever, won’t we, Pooh?’ asked Piglet.‘Even longer,’ Pooh answered.” –A.A. Milne, Winnie The Pooh. Holland leaves this morning for law school. She is returning to Dallas, Texas, and will matriculate at The Dedman School of Law, at Southern Methodist University. English and I are so proud of her. This Summer was veryContinue reading “AUGUST 5, 2026”

“[O]f all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.  It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies . . . Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approvalContinue reading “AUGUST 4, 2026”

“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” –Henry James. During the 1st year of the current Trump Administration, 50,000 federal government employees were terminated, and $2 billion in payroll was eliminated. It is not to overlook the pain of these affected employees to recognizeContinue reading “AUGUST 3, 2026”

The Epistle today switches to S. Paul’s first letter to the Christians at Corinth. As we did with S. Paul’s letter to the Romans, we will be reading from his epistles to the Corinthians over the next several weeks. We might recall that S. Paul founded the church in Corinth about five years before writingContinue reading “AUGUST 2, 2026”

In the late 1990s, a friend of mine questioned my sanity due to my subscriptions to the daily newspapers in Washington, D.C. He asked me why I did not just read them on the internet (this was before paywalls, so content was free). I explained that I preferred to read the paper versions. I likeContinue reading “AUGUST 1, 2026”

Today I offer readers a few observations on the passing issues of the day. I hope you enjoy. ____________________________________________________________________ Governments Have No Authority Over Our God-Given Rights Fake ‘democracies’ cannot be allowed to take what God gives us. BY:          J.B. Shurk, The American Thinker (July 23, 2026). We Westerners have an important job to do.  InContinue reading “JULY 31, 2026”

The Senate hearing yesterday with Dr. Anthony Fauci scheduled to testify about the Kung Flu and the former Current Unpleasantness was a clown show. Except it was not at all funny. Dr. Fauci arrived at the hearing, accompanied by 7 lawyers. Take it from me, that is overkill. Hell, Colonel Oliver North only needed 1Continue reading “JULY 30, 2026”