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 The left wants one simple law passed and the right another repealed.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

Politics

Don't Raise the Debt Ceiling

August 7, 2017

Behold the time Barack Obama nailed it: ‘The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the

Firearms·Religion

What would Jesus Carry?

July 31, 2017

Robert V. Thompson finds a pansy Jesus: [T]he Jesus I know wouldn’t cast a stone much less shoot a gun… Jesus would not pack a pistol. Just as he threw the money

Children·Culture

Too much time on their hands

July 29, 2017

A bunch of dirty commies do the right thing for the wrong reason: A Marxist student group at Swarthmore College disbanded itself earlier this year after realizing that its members were too

Religion

Legalism ad absurdum

July 22, 2017

The Theological Ninja drops an interesting plumb line: Lots of people ask me, “Hey Ninja, how do you come to your conclusions about what’s proper to do in a worship service?” To

Culture

The Feminist war on created order

July 15, 2017

Don’t be tempted to think this is stupid: You may think it is of no importance whether you gender your pets but why would you do such a thing to such an

Culture

The Fable of the Duck Dog

July 13, 2017

Once there was a duck who thought he was a dog. It happens on rare occasions because of an occurrence in young ducks called “imprinting.” You see, when a duckling is hatched,

History·Literature

Book Review: The Fourth Turning

July 8, 2017

Is our culture falling apart right on time? Sometime around the year 2005, perhaps a few years before or after, America will enter the Fourth Turning… a spark will ignite a new

History·Politics

Calling the Top

July 5, 2017

Peter Thiel says the voters’ bull has a long way to run: Investor Peter Thiel— who stumped for President Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention and has remained close to the

Culture·History

Happy Independence Day

July 4, 2017

While it is fashionable among some commentators to bemoan the fact that the United States is not the same nation it was 240 years ago, it’s also silly and short-sighted. No, America

Culture·Legal

More than a Cake

July 1, 2017

The Supremes enter the Cupcake Wars: Jack Phillips … ignited a national debate after he refused to create a wedding cake for a gay couple in 2012… [T]he nation’s highest court is

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