1. In THE APOSTLE, Scot Harvath mused that, “Accountability as well as personal responsibility had been chucked out the window of American culture… abdicated by the American voter.” He compared it to the Roman’s notion of bread and circuses: “as long as people had food (McDonald’s) and fun (American Idol) they didn’t care much about the erosion of their nation.”...
1. If a new revelation from Mohammed were found, Muslim’s would have the opportunity to re-examine their faith in the context of the 21st century. How would a 21st century examination of other historical documents impact society? The U.S. Constitution? The Bible? 2. LaRue Tactical stamps their rifles with the motto, Live Free or Die. What is your motto? 3....
Do not wish ill for your enemy, plan it. De inimico non loquaris male, sed cogites 1. What, if any, exception should there be to the first commandment in the war on terror: Thou shalt never negotiate with terrorists? 2. What are some of your own “rules to live by?” 3. In THE FIRST COMMANDMENT, Brad suggests that “all that...
People often ask me where I get my ideas and I tell them, “In the shower.” And when I say that, I’m not kidding. My ideas come to me when I am completely relaxed. More often than not, it is in the evening when the children have been put to bed, my wife and I have eaten dinner, and we...
1. President Rutledge suggests early in the book that “Civilized rules of engagement and jurisprudence mean nothing to a vicious enemy willing to do anything to succeed…In this case we have to suspend the rule of law in part, in order to save it.” The theme of success at any cost recurs throughout the story. When in your life have...