The power to pardon

The purpose of a Presidential pardon is to restore civil rights and other privileges of full citizenship, such as the right to carry a gun to felons convicted of federal offenses.  The power to pardon is provided in Article II, Section 2 of the U..S. Constitution.

Post-Thanksgiving thankfulness

It is now a week past Thanksgiving and I would like to share some post-thanksgiving thoughts.  I believe that we can never think too much about what we can be thankful for. Americans have a long tradition of thanksgiving.

Take a stroll through the December woods

It might seem strange to some when I say that winter is one of my favorite times to be in the woods.  Gone is the threat of poisonous snakes, yellow jacket nests, and those pesky gnats and mosquitos. With the leaves down, more distant vistas are opened up.

"Well done, good and faithful servants"

Jesus told a parable (Matthew 25:31-46) to his disciples about a group that He praised for all they did helping people, including providing food.  They were surprised and asked, “Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee?

Do we need the Electoral College?

The debates are debated. The conventions have convened. The election is over. The canvassing boards have canvassed. Frivolous litigation has been adjudicated.  Yet we still don’t have a final decision on who our next President will be.

Keep pushin'

Has it really been 8½ months since a five-letter, two-number pandemic drastically altered the way we live our everyday lives? Facebook recently reminded me just how much the world has changed, as a memory that popped up took me back to this same time last year.

Stop bullying others

Liam Hackett – CEO of Ditch the Label – said we live in a patriarchal and sexist society that holds masculinity on a pedestal and detests femininity.

Culture wars require culture warlords

The past four years have been described as the epitome of the culture wars.

Time for Cooper to deal

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has just been re-elected.  It’s an outcome his two immediate predecessors – Democrat Bev Perdue and Republican Pat McCrory – were unable to accomplish.

An interview with Cheesequire

Clara Denton Roach shares historical information with me from time to time.  Recently, she sent me a copy of an article that appeared in the Nov. 19, 1879 issue of the Charlotte Observer.  The article is about an interview that the Reverend A.W.