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As a resident of Colorado, a state that legalized recreational marijuana use in 2012, you get accustomed to all the so-called “jokes” about the popularity of the drug in the Rocky Mountain State.
Popular culture has been trying to destigmatize marijuana for years, and it’s often the punch line in movies, television shows and music.
The reality, though, is that the recreational use of cannabis is no laughing matter, most especially for young people and pregnant women.
Are you a football fan?
I had the privilege earlier this week to contribute an essay to Fox News on the surprise retirement announcement from Indianapolis Colt’s franchise quarterback, Andrew Luck.
Here is in part what I wrote:
I suspect attitudes about money and happiness are at the heart of much of the public’s incredulity surrounding Luck’s retirement. While the NFL star has already earned nearly $100 million over the past seven seasons, he potentially stood to receive hundreds of millions more over the course of his remaining career.
As
you may have recently heard, Universal
Pictures announced Saturday it had canceled the planned September release of
the film “The Hunt” about liberals hunting conservative “Deplorables” who fit
the description of supporters of President Trump.
The cancelation was a victory for common sense
and decency.
But as I wrote for Fox
News, liberals have been – metaphorically speaking – “hunting” religious
conservatives for years. They have been attempting to deconstruct our
traditional values, as well as seeking to tear down all the institutions that
so many of us hold dear.
Sometimes God calls us to do things that are bigger
than us – so big that all we can do is rely on His strength to get us through.
Captain
Ron Johnson experienced that truth in an inspiring way. He’s a retired
African-American police officer who became well-known after the governor of
Missouri assigned him to lead security efforts in Ferguson, Missouri after a
young black male, Michael Brown, was killed by a white police officer.
As officials attempt to continue piecing together the motives
behind last weekend’s horrific cold-blooded murder sprees in both El Paso,
Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, attention has turned once again to the role violent
video games play in these types of attacks.
In remarks from the White House earlier this week, President Trump
suggested they were likely one factor in a long list of many.
“We must stop the glorification of
violence in our society,” he said.
This weekend’s murderous rampages in El Paso,
Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, that claimed a total of 31 lives, join an ever-growing
list of incidents of mass violence in America.
Whenever horror of this magnitude occurs our
focus almost always turns to motive. Although it’s impossible to make sense of
the inexplicable, we still want to know what’s behind the evil.
For these two separate tragedies, less than
24 hours apart, the early evidence seems clear both murderers were driven by
hatred.
Would you risk your life to save your son or daughter?
I suspect almost every parent would answer in the affirmative but very few moms and dads are confronted with the reality of laying down their life for their child.
Fred Pepperman of Tennessee paid the ultimate price earlier this month when he jumped into a riptide off the Florida coast to save his three daughters from drowning.
The brave father succeeded in saving them but collapsed in the process and was unable to be revived.
By: Melanie Morgan
“This world’s going to hell in a handbasket,” seems to be the mantra of society today. But I beg to differ. My name is Melanie, and I’m a millennial. I’ve grown up in the age of the Internet, though you may be surprised to hear that I do remember the days of dial up and atlas maps for road trips.
I don’t remember Y2K, and I don’t remember much of life prior to 9/11.
Jack Phillips continues to be in the news because those who disagree with him continue to harass the Colorado baker.
As you may recall, the same day that the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would hear Colorado baker Jack Phillips’ first case of alleged discrimination, Autumn Scardina called the Masterpiece Cakeshop and asked him to create a pink and blue cake to celebrate Scardina’s gender transition.
Like with the first case, Jack declined since it conflicted with his deeply held religious convictions.
Sadly, according to many liberals, Christians who believe in traditional marriage are now intolerant homophobes.
Case in point:
As some of you may remember, the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team announced in 2017 that it would celebrate LGBT Pride month by wearing “pride-inspired rainbow numbers” on their team jerseys for two matches between Sweden and Norway.
Jaelene Hinkle, one of the team’s players since 2010, objected. Ms. Hinkle is a Christian who believes marriage is between a man and a woman.
Jim Daly is a husband, father and President of Focus on the Family and host of its National Radio Hall of Fame broadcast. His blog, Daly Focus, is full of timely commentary and wisdom designed to help you navigate and understand today’s culture. His latest book is Marriage Done Right.
