Omnipotent Media

Speaking to a group of broadcasters, Ted [Turner] described who God really was: "Delegates to the United Nations are not as important as the people ...

Toxic Waste

TV is not just a vast wasteland; it is a toxic-waste dump. The problem isn't that nothing is there; that would be bad enough. The problem is that ...

Packaged Truth

Were he still broadcasting, Walter Cronkite might end his newscast with "and that's the way we say it is" to better represent the tenor ...

Celebrated Frauds

So, your mom's got a Betty Crocker cookbook. So do 55 million others. But did you know Betty never existed? The people at Gold Medal flour invented ...

A Little Lower than the Angels

Virtually every one of us in this room is the result of an educational system that has drip by drip, like dropping water on stone, made an impression ...

Every Day is Mother's Day

Leo Tolstoy said:

Women who fulfill their vocation hold power even over powerful men; such women mold public opinion and prepare future generations. And ...

Rot Begets Rot

I have no potency to influence for good in the "things that are touched" [(Haggai 2:12-14)], but am capable of influencing for evil. ... This ...

Mashed Potatoes Need Salt

My wife and I do a great deal of entertaining, particularly with students. Once as we sat down, I looked at my wife and her face went absolutely white. ...

How to Make a Horse Drink

I dare you to eat one pretzel. All I have to do is to pick up one of those things, and I'm hooked. The salt in that pretzel creates a desire for more. ...

Transcript of the Heart

In commenting on the success of his work The Saints' Everlasting Rest, Baxter said: "And I found that the transcript of the heart hath the greatest ...