Sports
I never had a lot of interest in sports. In high school I was on the boys’ swim team for a while. Back then, the bigots wouldn’t allow...
Daniel Botkin
Feb 12, 2023


Stop Trusting Your Feelings
Feelings are part of being human. Feelings are a blessing in their proper place, but a curse when misused. People often express their...
Daniel Botkin
Jan 15, 2023


Take Off Your Tinfoil Hat & Stop Acting Stupid
I might lose some readers here, but I’m going to say it anyway. Take off your tinfoil hat and stop acting stupid. Quit behaving as if all...
Daniel Botkin
Jan 8, 2023


Unconditional Surrender (“Thank God for the Atom Bomb”)
Around 1990 I read a book by Paul Fussell, a World War 2 veteran who became a college professor, author, and literary critic. The title...
Daniel Botkin
Dec 11, 2022


The Attack Against God-Ordained Binary Gender Distinction
BINARY GENDER: ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONS OF CREATION binary: something made of two things or parts; compounded or consisting of or marked by...
Daniel Botkin
Dec 9, 2022


My Political Pilgrimage
A few years ago I had some of my artwork in a booth at an outdoor art fair in Peoria. A man stopped and looked at my work. He said he had...
Daniel Botkin
Nov 6, 2022


Undeluding the Deluded
John wrote that “many deceivers are entered into the world” (2 John 7). This statement is as true today as it was in the first century....
Daniel Botkin
Aug 21, 2022


Dino Dan & The Dope Debate
Starting January 1, 2020, it became legal in Illinois to use marijuana for “recreational” purposes. So for over two years now, it has...
Daniel Botkin
Jun 12, 2022


Mixed Feelings About Fun
FUN, n. Sport; vulgar merriment. A low word. (Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary of the English Language) Like most people, I enjoy...
Daniel Botkin
May 15, 2022


Flat Earth: A Doctrine of Demons?
Some of you may not know it, but there is a growing number of otherwise intelligent people who actually believe the earth is flat. Flat...
Daniel Botkin
May 8, 2022

