El Borak

El Borak is an historian by training, an IT Director by vocation, and a writer when the mood strikes him. He lives in rural Kansas with his wife of thirty years, where he works to fix the little things.

July 12, 2018

Gardening

Bunch of Little Rotters

Over the years my tomato patch has produced respectable results. But one of the problems I consistently encountered was called Blossom End Rot. It happened first some ten years ago and grew

February 19, 2018

What Did We Think Was Going To Happen?

Everyone, it seems, has a magic bullet that’s going to end school shootings. It’s part of our culture. The left wants one simple law passed and the right another repealed. Everyone on Twitter is a policy expert, Facebook is filled

February 26, 2018

Undercover Gardening: Mulching with Shredded Paper

September 21, 2019

A Spiritually Dark Future

Children·Enemies

Point and Shriek

October 2, 2017

It’s time to steal a tactic from the Left: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A librarian at the Cambridgeport Elementary School in Massachusetts is declining a shipment of books from first lady Melania Trump.

Culture

Thoughts on the NFL protest

September 25, 2017

I haven’t watched an NFL game in some years; the league and its goings on do not really capture my interest. Still, this weekend will probably mark a significant battle in the

Uncategorized

The Lazy Man's Raised Beds

September 14, 2017

Autumn is upon us, so it’s time to start thinking about garden improvements for next year. Glance over that backyard garden that began the spring with so much hope. You know, the

Enemies·Politics

Global Warming Makes Perfect Sense

September 7, 2017

Global warming now makes you a bad driver: NEW YORK, Aug 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Climate change – not increased use of cell phones – might be to blame for an

Culture·Religion

The Nashville Statement

August 31, 2017

When the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood issued a 14-point statement affirming historical Christian teaching on sex and sexuality, the left completely flipped its biscuit: It’s terribly anti-gay and transgender and sadly, this

Children·Religion

Foster Parenting as Ministry

August 28, 2017

Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me. — Mark 9:37 (NASB) True Men of the

Children·Family

Raising a non-feminist daughter

August 17, 2017

I mentioned in another post that modern feminism is a confluence of female superfluity and daddy issues. Anyone who has spoken with a modern feminist can quickly discern these two streams coming

Culture·Religion

Have we gone mad?

August 14, 2017

The answer is yes: PORTLAND — A transgender man in Oregon who gave birth to a baby boy* is sharing his pregnancy story on social media in the hopes of changing the

History·Religion

How to spot a religious liberal

August 10, 2017

Steven Prothero tells Jesus to hush: The truth of the matter is that we don’t know what Jesus looked like. We don’t know where he was or what he was doing when

History

Book Review: The Great Wave

August 8, 2017

When people talk about long wave economics, they’re usually talking about the Kondratieff Wave or perhaps even the Saeculum, waves that last on the average 60-80 years from trough-to-trough. But there are

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