Lisa Marie Presley memorial: I live in the smiles, the moon, stars, and sky — and I feel eternal pride as I watch you all fly — Lisa Marie Presley “always knew she wouldn’t be here too long,” her mother Priscilla said at the singer/songwriter’s moving memorial service. It began in a fog — then the sun broke through, shining on a family whose legacy only seems to grow with time. Lisa Marie’s father, Elvis Presley, the…

Her best idea ever? Everyone (even MAGA) should value a Michelle Obama idea the next time they pull up to the drive-thru — It happens with fast food and a new coffee chain: I get tempted to order something, but I quickly scan the “calorie count.” And I think, “Thank you, Michelle Obama.” I tell everyone, including my most conservative friends, that this is the greatest idea to come out of the Obama…

The fear of coffee is Cafephobia: He drinks coffee — but avoids making it or buying it for fear of getting yelled at — or making a mess — Flashback to 1985. As the youngest editor-in-chief in the history of our college newspaper, I noticed the “big kids” kept “going for coffee.” My whiz kid productivity scheme: Kids like me rarely drank coffee, but I asked the kind Amy if the support team could start preparing coffee for the…

Just one state loves electric vehicles the most: California used to seem like another nation — Now, it’s like another planet — The big data shows electric vehicles won’t dominate America: 39 percent of electric cars in the United States are in just one state, California. Just 2 percent of all California vehicles on the road are electric. Despite the daily hype from much of the auto industry (and politicians) about “an…

Historian Paul Kengor came to fame writing God and Ronald Reagan: His new book shows the other side of the story: The Devil and Bella Dodd — Historian Paul Kengor leaped onto the national radar screen in 2004 with God and Ronald Reagan, and he quickly became the “go-to” expert on the spiritual soul of the Cold War. Over the past two decades, Kengor’s books have “connected the dots,” providing the missing pieces of the puzzle underlying…

Elvis Presley sings Life: In 1970, he blended spirituality, gospel, and country music to create a song all about the mystery of God’s Plan — Elvis Presley recorded more than 700 songs, but none tackled a more enormous subject than Life, a 1970 song about God’s Plan, life itself. After 1968 radically changed his life (he became a father and staged his famous “comeback special” as Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy were shot), he…

You’ve heard Christianity is dying, declining? The Catholic Church keeps getting bigger: Where it’s growing the fastest — Have you heard Christianity is dying or declining? The facts: the Catholic Church continues to grow (even during the pandemic), but certain communities are growing faster than others. Rapidly growing Southern states are more Catholic than ever, with Catholicism becoming the largest religion in 36 of the 50 U.S. states.

Only holy people hear God? Then he learned we are all called to holiness, that Baptism makes you a priest, prophet, and king — Hearing God’s Voice: Can a person hear God? What does it mean if you hear God’s Voice? How do you know? Religion means a binding relationship, so strengthening your relationship with God helps all the rest. Here are 10 ways to better hear the voice, improve your spirituality, the way…

For 100 years, the experts all saw flaws they couldn’t work with: Then, a kid named Michelangelo showed them how to release the inner angel — Are you facing a crisis? Or is it an opportunity, adventure, or inconvenience? It’s all a matter of perspective. Perspective “means to look through, to be able to see what’s beyond the surface and see what’s beneath, see what more there is, to be able to see through,” Father Mike…