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  • Know Thyself By Knowing the Temperaments

    Know Thyself By Knowing the Temperaments25

    Between pop psychology, personality tests, enneagrams, and horoscopes, there’s someone on every corner giving the answer to the self. But the quest for self-discovery is nothing new. The ancient Greeks had their own Myers-Briggs: the four temperaments. In fact, much of our current personality analysis boils down to these. A temperament refers to the natural

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  • Know Thy Geezer: Hang Out With Your Local Old-Timer and Reap the Rewards

    Know Thy Geezer: Hang Out With Your Local Old-Timer and Reap the Rewards4

    Sitting in his chair atop his porch, Mike “A-Sunday” Acendy is watching and maybe also observing things in his lifelong neighborhood of Lawrenceville. At almost 90 years old, Mike A-Sunday, as old-timers know him, is one of the oldest residents. Half-Irish, half-Italian, he lives in the home in which he was born and raised, and

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  • Knitting is Cool Again

    Knitting is Cool Again0

    Over the years, my sister has produced beautiful handicrafts: an intricate crocheted baby afghan, perfectly knitted mittens, and lovely crocheted lace. I, on the other hand, have a handful of quilt squares, a crochet hook stuck in a barely used spool of thread, and a partially finished embroidered pillowcase to show for my efforts. As

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  • Kitchen Table Patriots: Ronald Reagan’s Warning to America Might Surprise You

    Kitchen Table Patriots: Ronald Reagan’s Warning to America Might Surprise You3

    Speaking from the Oval Office on January 11, 1989, President Ronald Reagan delivered his farewell address to the nation. He was affable, warm, and modest in these parting remarks—so much so that even in print his words glow with appeal and charm. As he so often did, he peppered his remarks with personal anecdotes and

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  • Kissing the American Dream Goodbye

    Kissing the American Dream Goodbye0

    • October 2, 2015

    According to The Atlantic, the American dream has been downsized. In fact, the American dream is no longer the simple wish of “home, job, and family.” Instead, many Americans simply dream about getting out of debt. “[W]hen a survey asked people which things were the most important to their personal American dream, only 26 percent

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  • Kirk Cameron Promotes New Kids Book Publisher to Rival Woke Scholastic

    Kirk Cameron Promotes New Kids Book Publisher to Rival Woke Scholastic0

    I remember Scholastic book fairs well. I recall the excitement, as a child, of flipping through their bright catalogues and the intoxicating smell of so many new books neatly laid out on tables in the school library. With its unique book fair business model, it is no wonder Scholastic grew to become “the world’s largest

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