A Letter Home

By George Byron Koch 22 January 2023 Dear Mom, Gosh, can you believe it’s 2023 already? I’m still writing “22” on nearly everything. Seems like just yesterday I was sitting in first grade celebrating the century change! I know we …

Universal Medicare and Universal Free College

Leaders of the Democratic Party (some of whom are announced candidates for president) are calling for Universal Medicare including doctors’ visits and hospitalization.  The same ones also call for free College for all who qualify.  The bar is pretty low …

Kate Hudson and Raising Children as Genderless

This week, Kate Hudson took objection to a misunderstanding of what she meant in not raising her youngest child, a daughter, as genderless.  She claimed that she is not doing this.  She only was saying that she wanted the child …

THE PAINFUL RULE OF THE SHAS PARTY

Some, but not most are aware that the ultra-orthodox Sephardic political party Shas controls the Interior Department in Israel.  This is the price Benjamin Netanyahu pays to stay in power.  His coalition government requires a parliamentary majority (the K’nessset).  Shas …

Toxic Masculinity

It becomes more and more clear that unless we evaluate human life from a biblical point of view, we cannot get things right.  Our analysis will lead to supposed solutions that cause more damage.  Only a Biblical world view gives …

ELIZABETH WARREN AND THE TWO INCOME TRAP

I was quite amazed to find that Elizabeth Warren wrote a whole book some 15 years ago which agreed with something I have been arguing for years.  Her book was entitled The Two Income Trap. This is an amazing book …

Sabbath Reading

Sometimes my Friday pre Sabbath reading of the Jerusalem Post inspires me to comment on Facebook..  This week there were two articles that I wanted to comment on.  The first was from Melanie Philips from London who regularly writes and …

Happy New Year

We enter the new year with amazing political upheavals in the United States and China.  Some are seeing amazing parallels between Israel and the United States.  There are some, but there as significant differences.  We need to pray for God’s …

The Left Does Not Want to Face Truth

Whatever one thinks of Donald Trump, I am constantly puzzled why people tend to think that their solutions would be found in a greater and greater power of the State enforcing socialistic big government solutions.  As an Israeli, I am …