The state of Idaho has discovered that it is easier to take a mansion than it is to give it back, reports John Miller. The mansion was built by J.R. Simplot, a potato magnate who became a billionaire by building a corporation that supplied McDonald’s with its french-fries. Simplot, who died in 2008 at age 99, gave the mansion to the state of Idaho in 2004. The mansion was given to the state to serve as a residence for the governor of Idaho. But the current governor doesn’t want to live in it! A public hearing began this week to discuss what […]

Supplying confidence to faithful Christians, the apostle John wrote: “These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life” (1 John 5.13). I am afraid, however, that some Christians lack confidence and seem to view eternal life in heaven as something nearly impossible to attain. I find this unfortunate. One of my all-time favorite songs is “The Impossible Dream” from the Man of La Mancha. That song summed up Don Quixote’s life. He strove to attain the impossible and never reached it. The song portrays […]