After serving as a pastor in Hudson for nearly eight years, I’m excited to share that on April 28, 2024, Bethel Lutheran Church voted to call me as their new lead pastor. My family and I are delighted for this new opportunity to walk alongside of the members and staff at Bethel Lutheran and Bethel … Read more
One of the good things about being a citizen of the West is that, since the last world war ended in 1945, most men’s survival has not been imperilled by the need to go and fight in massive wars. We do not have to kiss goodbye to tens or hundreds of thousands of beloved sons, … Read more
If you own a home and don’t want to lose it, keep reading. Homeowners who go on vacation or a business trip, even for just a week, are returning to find their houses overtaken by trespassers who fraudulently claim a right to be there. It’s happening to tens of thousands of homeowners from New York … Read more
Better banking can help make your money go further. Photo / 123rf OPINION Banks make billions from us. So why not get a bit back by using their services more effectively? Start by opening sub accounts and earmark them for mortgage/rent, utilities/fuel, groceries, emergency fund, short term savings, long term savings, and fun. I did … Read more
Drones and other unmanned systems are a “central driver” of the Russia-Ukraine war, Kyiv’s top general observed in an op-ed published this month. In terms of battlefield innovation, Ukraine’s “number one priority” is the “mastery of an entire arsenal of (relatively) cheap, modern and highly effective, unmanned vehicles and other technological means,” he wrote. By … Read more
More from this theme Recent articles If you asked 100 adults who said they hated PE at school why they hated it, my hunch is 99 of them would say because it was cold and they were rubbish at it. I believe strongly that all young people whatever their age or ability have the right … Read more
It might be useful to think back to your goal, then ask yourself if the choice you’re about to make helps achieve the goal. Photo / 123RF OPINION Anyone who knows me will have likely heard me say that “wealth doesn’t happen by accident”. What I mean is, wealth creation is the result of choices … Read more
Biometric devices are a growing body of new data-bearing devices being deployed across the U.S. Department of Defense. Recent Inspector General findings that identify the need for improved information security controls and recordkeeping are timely — and imperative. Unfortunately, hardening biometric devices will be an increasing challenge given the ever-expanding capacity of storage media and … Read more
The average American spends 6 hours, 58 minutes a day on the internet. That adds up to 536.55 billion hours a year for all of us. We could save billions of hours by addressing inefficiencies introduced mostly by lawyers and politicians: • Accepting and rejecting cookies. Most people don’t even know what cookies are when … Read more
For the past three months I’ve been pressing my colleagues to significantly strengthen the weapons systems provided to Taiwan so it can prevail in a conflict in the Taiwan Strait (“How Joe Biden Can Deter China,” Review & Outlook, Nov. 18). The national security supplemental request that the White House sent to Congress in October … Read more