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 The left wants one simple law passed and the right another repealed.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 3, 2018

Anatomy of a gaslighting

Culture·Family·Gardening

Prep More

February 11, 2021

Your food storage is less robust than you think.

Culture·Religion

Flee Immorality

February 10, 2021

There’s no doubt that different generations face different troubles. Some face material hardship, wars that drag on for decades, droughts that seemingly never end. Others face social hardships, like deadly racial and

Culture·Enemies·Nationalism·Religion

National Rot

February 3, 2021

As a man sows, so shall he reap. The same is true of nations.

Children·Culture·Family·Student Loans

How to Pick a College

February 2, 2021

So you’ve done the Dad thing and it’s almost time for your kid to go to college, to graduate, to fly off and make something of himself. There’s an assumption snuck in

Children·Culture·Enemies·Family·Politics

Confusion Sown

January 28, 2021

A BBC programme aimed at 9- to 12-year-olds includes the astonishing claim that there are 'over 100 gender identities'.

Culture·Enemies·Politics·Religion

Count the Cost

January 27, 2021

We need to decide if we are truly going to follow Jesus.

Religion

How to Construct a Prayer

January 26, 2021

Prayer is the work of the Christian. Throughout the New Testament, we see prayer emphasized and encouraged. In His darkest hours, as the swords and torches came to haul Him away, Jesus

Nationalism

The Messy End Of Globalism

February 20, 2020

It may be only the beginning of supply chain disruptions: Apple shares fell over 3% in pre-market trade on Tuesday after it warned that it does not expect to meet its own

Family·Science

Assume They Are Lying

February 8, 2020

Yahoo’s Beauty and Style Editor offers a little medical advice: An estimated 19 million Americans have been infected with the flu so far this season, and 180,000 of them have been hospitalized

Family

The Wrong Side Of The Gates

January 27, 2020

In former days, the safest place to be when the gates closed was inside the city walls. Today, not so much: Police at a roadblock on the outskirts of Wuhan turned away

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