Missouri Republican State Senator Starts Online Campaign Against EPA Study To Curb Backyard Grills

Did you invite the government to your next summer BBQ, well you may not have too... Looks like they are trying to invite themselves.... Last summer, the EPA commissioned the University of California-Riverside “to develop preventative technology that will reduce fine particulate emissions (PM2.5) from residential barbecues. This technology is intended to reduce air pollution …

The Voice of Summer: A Lenten Reflection

For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone; The flowers appear on the earth; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. Solomon 2:11-12 For any Michigander, Detroit Tiger Fan or just a Detroiter, you know the above, it …

Simon Peter offers us our best hope

Image via Wikipedia The summer seems to be going by so fast, it is already the end of July, were did the days go? As a Catholic/Christian I am faced with many conflicts with my feelings and my faith. And this summer I have had to confront a few. Both being on the same thing. …

The magic of yesterdays

Image via Wikipedia It is hard to believe that it is July already, it seems that Christmas was just last week, and now here we are into the Summer of 2010. How time really does fly. As of late I have have been thinking about time, its passing mostly. How it is hard to believe …

Ernie and Detroit

Yesterday the City of Detroit mourned the loss of a great man, Ernie Harwell, the voice of summer. Ernie was the broadcast announcer for the Detroit Tigers for years. His voice on the radio meant that summer was here. As a child I use to listen to Ernie on the radio, to hear the tigers …

Looking for reasons

Hippocrates (b. ca. 460 B.C.) was a man of science, he love to discover the new and exciting to look in to the core of man to discover the meaning of life. One of the finding was the four humors, or as we would think of them, personality types. Our ancestors were trying to discover …

Fall

It is September, the kids are back off to school and the world starts to get that great fall smell. I love the smell of fall, the smell of the old going out and the winter setting in. I know its way too early to talk about winter, but fall is a short session, and …

Life is what Happens to you

“Life is just what happens to you, While your busy making other plans”   That statement was from a song by John Lennon called Beautiful Boy.  It’s a beautiful song about how he can’t wait for Sean to grow up, and how he is excited about seeing him grow up. But as the song states, …