Strong Republican family since 1858 when my great, grandfather met Abraham Lincoln. Christian Zionist. Reagan supporter. Trump supporter. Anti Communist.
"Charles Martel at the Battle of Tours, 732 A.D."
Oil on canvas
This moment defined the history of Western Civilization. In 732 A.D. the armies of Islam's Umayyad dynasty controlled all of North Africa and had conquered Christian Spain. Their armies invaded southern France next, threatening to overwhelm all of Western Europe. Charles Martel was the Mayor of the Palace for the Frankish kings. He was a seasoned warrior and battlefield commander. In response to the Islamic invasion, he marshalled an army of experienced Frankish infantry & cavalry and intercepted the Muslim forces near Poitiers. The Battle of Tours (Poitiers) was decisive. The Franks withstood repeated Umayyad cavalry charges and then broke through in their own counterattack devastating the enemy and halting the Islamic incursion into Europe. Not since 480 B.C. had Western Civilization been in such peril. This painting captures that great victory. It took 10 months to complete.
A truly incredible evening at the White House for a historic State Dinner.
As a veteran of over 20 years in 2 services, what an honor to be with the top 3 levels of the chain of command…. The Commander in Chief, Secretary of War, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. There’s never been a more transformative time in military strategy or tactics. The evolution of weaponry, the execution of complex military operations, and the massively improved morale during this era are awe-inspiring.
'You have written and spoken well of the Lord Jesus Christ. You are a loyal son of the Church'
Pope John Paul II to Fulton Sheen in 1979
Sheen died two months later
Korea was one people until 1945. Today the men of the South stand up to three inches taller than the men of the North.
Same ancestry, same language, the same height at the start. The border is 160 miles long and 2.5 miles wide.
In the North, food comes through the state ration. Rice when there is rice, maize when there is not, and meat on a few holidays a year. In 2012 the army cut its minimum height for a recruit to 4ft 8in, because too few 17 year olds could reach the old one.
In the South, meat consumption rose about tenfold in 50 years. Beef, pork, eggs and milk went from luxuries to every day.
South Korean women gained 8 inches in height over the 20th century. It is the largest increase recorded for any population on earth.
Children who escape from the North are visibly smaller than Southern children of the same age. Fed in the South, the young ones catch up. The older ones are too late.
Nobody designed the experiment. But it has 75 million subjects, a genetic control and a hard border, and it has run for 80 years.
One side of the wire was fed grain by a government, and the other side ate meat.
IT'S OFFICIAL: AMERICA HAS A NEW BLESSED INTERCEDING FOR US IN HEAVEN!
Today, September 24, 2026 A.D., Archbishop Fulton Sheen becomes the first-ever American-born bishop beatified in the United States.
Blessed Fulton Sheen, pray for us.