I LOVE harvest time. Watching the fields get turned back to black, sweet old ladies driving grain trucks (saw this today on my way home), Moms and wives dropping off meals in the field, younger generations learning the ropes, and weary farmers and their help exhausted from long days in the field is a beautiful…

Those damn migrants…. 😉 If you use any Apple products, and have a problem allowing certain folks into the country, you might want to rethink that stance. http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/baig/2015/11/16/steve-jobs-…

Muslims despise ISIS too? That can’t be true! (See article). 1.6 BILLION (yes that’s a B) Muslims on the planet. A year ago, estimates of global jihadists (of all types) were in the 85,000-106,000 range. Let’s do some quick math. I’ll even assume all jihadists are hell bent on destroying America, and they’re all Muslim…

I’ve been doing a lot of reading on this topic in light of the events in Paris. I even read a few bits of the Quran at lunch today. I’m posting a collection of really good articles in the comments but this one was right to the two main points I’ve seen a lot of…

I love this quote. Thank you to all veterans who cared enough about their fellow man, and the greatest country in the world, to serve in the armed forces! I salute all of you! “Better than honor and glory, and History’s iron pen, Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.…

I couldn’t have said it better myself. Awesome stadium picture too. We pause to honor and remember all those lost on 9/11. Today and always, we thank the brave men and women who protect our freedoms and keep us safe. Posted by San Francisco 49ers on Friday, September 11, 2015

Liberty and the World Trade Center, 1983. Photo by Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times  Liberty and the World Trade Center, 1983. Photo by Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times pic.twitter.com/TZJXn1bwQf — NYT Archives (@NYTArchives) September 11, 2015

I figured this was worth posting given the stock market news today… http://fortune.com/2015/08/20/american-economy-worries/?xid=soc_socialfl…

Food for thought as people complain about the whole lion situation in Zimbabwe. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/05/opinion/in-zimbabwe-we-dont-cry-for-li…