by Amanda Read Sheik | Mar 9, 2010 | Comedy, Satire, World Views
After all, when in doubt, blame an asteroid. No other disaster will do. When I was a child I once acquired a mainstream “educational” coloring book about dinosaurs. The last page in the book featured two parrots with the caption, “This is what...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 27, 2010 | Luke Historians, Politics, World Views
Pam & Tim Tebow (AP Photo) So let’em tell it! Liberal women’s groups et al are offended at the prospects of a Super Bowl ad featuring Tim Tebow and his mother, Pam. The reason? Because it is “likely to convey an anti-abortion message.” ...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Nov 11, 2009 | Reminiscences
Nine years ago today, I walked down to the newspaper stand on the Redstone Arsenal military post to fetch a copy of The Huntsville Times that included an article featuring our family. I still remember the days preceding it when the news reporter and photographer...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Oct 11, 2007 | World Views
Recently I saw an online article about intellectuals disputing the authorship of Shakespeare’s writings. They said that Shakespeare, “being a provincial lad”, could not have possibly written such excellent dramas regarding law, politics, philosophy,...
by Amanda Read Sheik | May 30, 2007 | Journal, World Views
Some one said recently that they think “Homeschools are the monasteries of the new dark ages”. Kevin Swanson mentioned it in his lecture on Multi-generational Homeschooling. Ah, certainly that is a powerful ambition. We are here to guard and treasure the...
