Homeward Bound

Being a Dad is just the greatest thing. I was at one time a bit unsure about how it would work out, afraid of the added responsibility and the expense. Maybe I am still afraid of those things, but the joys of fatherhood seem to have outweighed any lingering fears. Few things can be compared with seeing the face of your son light up as you walk through the door after a long day at work. I had heard that being a Dad will help you understand a little more the reality of God being our Heavenly Father: the way He feels about us, or the methods He may use to form and discipline us out of love. Though no analogy is perfect I have already had a few experiences which seem to have shed first-hand light on some ways God works on us. A few weeks ago, Hudson was having one of those nights. He is usually pretty good about sleeping through the night, unless he is bothered by something. In this case it may have been a tooth breaking through or some stomach pains from something he ate that d...

I read a really good exchange in H. W. Brands' book The General vs. The President , where President Harry Truman is advised by one of his speech writers to add that his decision to fire MacArthur was unanimously supported by all the Joint Chiefs of Staff (his apolitical military council). MacArthur’s public comments and military movements had verged very nearly to insubordination and required something decisive to be done by the administration before things got worse. But, because the President's approval rating was plummeting, and because firing the ever popular MacArthur would incite quite a backlash, it would likely have been prudent to make mention that the Joint Chiefs of Staff had unanimously concurred with the decision to remove the general from command. Yet, Truman refused to give mention of any of his advisers in his initial statement. Brands records an exchange between Tannenwald and Truman following the preparation of the public statement announcing MacArthur...