Unca Darrell

JUNE 18 / It is rich indeed . . .

. . . for a newspaper that has praised the Occupy movement to unload on conservative Houston radio talk show host Michael Berry for being extreme.

For details . . .

JUNE 17 / Noonan: "It is a great irony . . .

. . . and history will marvel at it, that the president most committed to expanding the centrality, power, prerogatives and controls of the federal government is also the president who, through . . .

JUNE 16 / Why this father is joyful today

THE FATHER of a righteous child . . .

JUNE 11 / How does this statement falsify itself?

ALTHOUGH LATE-TERM abortions are performed safely every day . . . .

JUNE 9 / The Cliburn competition

THE FINALS of the quadrennial Cliburn competition began Thursday in Fort Worth and continue this afternoon. You can see and hear concerti by the six finalists at cliburn.org/landing.html under "on demand videos" or, starting at 3:00 p.m. today, under "View Live Performances." They all sound good to me, but the special award for best named contestant goes to . . . 

JUNE 8 / The left's character-assassination machine . . .

. . . kicked into gear this week and the Houston Chronicle broadcast the unsubstantiated charges with a long, lovingly rendered page-one story. The target:

JUNE 7 / Don't blame the photographers

THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE continues to offer first-class photography, well-edited. A good recent example is the image posted here of . . .

JUNE 6 / FDR's D-Day prayer

WE'VE RUN THIS BEFORE, but it never grows old.

Almighty God: Our sons, pride of our nation, this day have set upon a mighty endeavor, a struggle to protect our Republic, our religion, and our civilization, and to set free a suffering humanity. 

JUNE 1 / Children's Emergency Relief International

THIS GLOBAL CHRISTIAN charity is dedicated to long-term care of orphans, vulnerable children, youth, and their families. We've followed the Moldovan shoe missions for years. CERI has recently taken on interesting new projects, including these: