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I will never forget my visit to a South Carolina plant of Milliken & Co., the textile giant. Chairman Roger Milliken had just launched a well-publicized “Buy American” campaign, proclaiming that “cheap” foreign imports were a major threat to industry and jobs in this country. What impressed me most during…

My cousin Doug is married to an ecologically conscious woman. One day while Doug was unpacking groceries in their tiny kitchen, he became frustrated by the lack of pantry space. He pulled a package of plastic-foam plates from a shelf and barked at his wife, “Are you ever going to use these?” “No!” She…

Bible school teacher to a disruptive class: “If you don’t behave, I’ll throw you out the window.” Later: “If you don’t behave, I’ll cut your ears off.” Blanche Primm Jasper, Alabama, 10-02-86

Overheard: “People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it’s safer to harass rich women than motorcycle gangs.” Reader’s Digest, August 1995, page 69

“I don’t have to tell you it goes without saying there are some things better left unsaid. I think that speaks for itself. The less said about it the better.” - George Carlin The Complete Runner’s Day by Day Log and Calendar, 2003

Os Guinness spotlights this contradiction in his excellent book The American Hour. “The present situation is reminiscent of the 1920’s quip about a fundamentalist being someone who talks of standing on the rock of ages, but acts as if he were clinging to the last piece of driftwood.” Generation X picks…

Determination "And not only that, but God himself is right alongside to keep you steady and on track until things are all wrapped up by Jesus." 1 Cor. 1:8 (MsgB) "The Apprentice" is required viewing for some business school students across the country as their professors are using the show as a starting…

CONSISTENCY Two French government ministers traveling to the unveiling of a new radar speed trap outside Paris were caught exceeding the speed limit as they went to the event. Reporters using handheld radar guns recorded Transport Minister Gilles de Robien's car traveling through Paris at 62 mph in a…

1. A day without sunshine is like night. 2. On the other hand, you have different fingers. 3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. 4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name. 5. Remember, half the people you know are below average. 6. He who laughs last, thinks slowest. 7. Depression…