Legendary singer Pat Boone lost his wife of 65 years in 2019. Together, Shirley and Pat raised four daughters, Debby, Cherry, Linda, and Laurey. At 91, Pat misses Shirley terribly, but her dog, Shadow, helped him feel close to her after her death. Pat shared their story in a sweet Instagram post. “Here’s my buddy, Shadow. He was Shirley’s dog first, and oh how they loved each other. After she went to Heaven, he stayed close by my side, my faithful companion and bed partner. I’d sing to him sometimes…a little tune I’ve recorded just for him: “Nights are long since you went away, I think about you all through the day… My buddy, my buddy, nobody quite so true,” Pat Boone wrote. Ahead Of The Single’s Release, Pat Boone Shared Some Sad News View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pat Boone (@thepatboone) At the end of his post, Pat Boone shared news of Shadow’s death. “Shadow passed away last month, and I sure miss him. But I’m releasing that song this Friday, September 26th, so I can share our sweet memories with all of you. It’s called “My Buddy” and it’s a tribute to a friend I’ll never forget,” he wrote. Pat Boone’s fans made sure to let him know he’s loved and that he’ll see Shirley and Shadow again someday. “So sorry for your loss of Buddy,” a fan wrote. “You have always been an inspiration to all of us. Your music has inspired me to stay close to Jesus.” “I am so sorry, Pat. May God’s comfort pour out strongly on you until you meet Shadow and Shirley again.. And then, no more goodbyes,” another fan shared. This fan wanted Pat to know that even though Shadow couldn’t tell him, he loved him very much. “So touching and sweet. It’s plain Shadow loves you too,” they wrote. “Their love is full and unconditional. As is yours dear Pat. God bless you both.” This story’s featured image is by River Callaway/Variety via Getty Images. The post Pat Boone Shares Heartbreaking Loss Ahead Of New Song’s Release appeared first on InspireMore.

A philosophical festering has taken root in the minds of the Left that their opponents are evil, and words are violence. A permission structure formed on MSNBC and other progressive media outlets that the right must be stopped to save democracy. An exculpatory structure formed on CNN and other media outlets downplaying or excusing progressive violence. A triggering event happened with the election of President Donald Trump. Then progressive politicians amped up the rhetoric to push the disturbed and violent across the line. Writing in The New York Times in 2017, the psychologist Lisa Feldman Barrett argued that, “If words can cause stress, and if prolonged stress can cause physical harm, then it seems that speech—at least certain types of speech—can be a form of violence.” Responding in The Atlantic, Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff wrote, “It tells them that words, ideas, and speakers can literally kill them. Even worse: At a time of rapidly rising political polarization in America, it helps a small subset of that generation justify political violence.” They concluded, “The conflation of words with violence is not a new or progressive idea invented on college campuses in the last two years. It is an ancient and regressive idea. Americans should all be troubled that it is becoming popular again—especially on college campuses, where it least belongs.” Words became violence. Concurrent to Thomas Matthew Crooks pulling the trigger on his gun in Butler, Pennsylvania, MSNBC had on a commentator arguing that Trump was a threat to democracy and needed to be stopped. Frequently, progressive historian Michael Beschloss appeared on “Morning Joe” on that network, decrying Trump. On Election Day 2024, Beschloss described that day to the “Morning Joe” crew as, “In the future, historians are gonna look back on this day and say this is the day America chose between freedom and democracy on one side and authoritarianism and dictatorship on the other.” Then Trump won. On Jan. 8, 2011, Jared Lee Loughner shot then Rep. Gabby Giffords of Arizona. On CNN, the conversation immediately turned to right wing violence. CNN, The New York Times, and other outlets pointed the finger at Sarah Palin, claiming she had used the “militaristic” language of “targeting” Giffords for defeat. When it turned out the assassin had mental health issues, the network moved on. On June 14, 2017, James Hodgkinson attempted the mass assassination of Republican members of Congress. As soon as it turned out he was a progressive MSNBC viewer, CNN and other media outlets moved on. Now, CNN will routinely talk to its audience about right wing violence as a stand-alone category of violence. But all left wing violence must be taken with a heavy dose of “both sides do it” and “why did Donald Trump provoke it.” After both Tyler Robinson assassinated Charlie Kirk and Joshua Jahn opened fire on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility, killing two detainees, CNN’s national security analyst Juliette Kayyem rushed to social media to assure the Left that the shooters were not of the Left. An entire media and progressive infrastructure exists to assure the Left violence is never their fault. Donald Trump’s election triggered the Left. Now, media outlets and Democrat politicians insist that his rhetoric is to blame, he is a dictator and that Democrats need to get comfortable doing things they would otherwise not do, in the words of Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy. The Atlantic, beloved by the progressive elite, is even sounding the alarm that left wing violence is outpacing right wing violence. Democrat politicians are forcing a government shutdown, scared that their voters might turn physically violent against them. News outlets continue making excuses, blaming Trump, and stacking bodies to see which side is more violent. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, after suggesting everyone tone it down after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, went on Stephen Colbert to declare he really does believe Trump will cancel the 2028 presidential election. In the meantime, Charlie Kirk is dead. A gun control activist shot up an ABC station in California. ICE agents have been shot and detainees have been killed in Texas. Mourners for Kirk were hurt in Arizona. An explosive device was placed under a local Fox TV van in Nevada. A federal facility in Oregon was vandalized and employees were assaulted by protesters. That’s just the last two weeks. Until Democrats police their own side, the violence will only increase. COPYRIGHT 2025 CREATORS.COM We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post We Arrive at My Fear appeared first on The Daily Signal.

The Awakening Few See Coming

Thursday night's season premiere of Law & Order: SVU portrayed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents as cold-hearted villains who hinder the unit's efforts to convict a rapist. On Thursday's episode, "In the Wind," a building superintendent named Jorge Ruiz (Juan Francisco Villa) identifies a rape suspect in the apartment complex where he works. His eyewitness testimony is key evidence. When Ruiz does not show up to court, Captain Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) drives to his building. She pulls up as an ICE raid is happening. Ruiz, who is in the U.S. illegally, has fled from ICE and is now in the wind. Assistant District Attorney Sonny Carisi (Peter Scanavino) is livid when he meets with the defense counsel and judge about his fugitive witness. Carisi: So ICE rolls up on my witness's residence, and we're all just gonna pretend that this is a coincidence. Come on. He dropped a dime so he could get his client off the hook. Defense Attorney: Prove it. Carisi: Or how about I take you to the DDC and we let them decide? How about that? Defense Attorney: Well, do it. It won't fix the fact that your case is based on the word of an illegal, convicted felon. Carisi: Oh, that's a bogus charge. Your Honor, Ruíz got caught up in a drug sweep. He had $100 in his pocket. If you had a real lawyer, that charge would have been dropped, and you know it. Defense Attorney: And if he were in this country legally, none of this would matter. Carisi: There's no citizenship requirement to testify in a felony case. Judge: Even if everything you say is true, Mr. Carisi, there's no remedy that this court can offer. And we're about to go to trial. So I suggest that you locate your witness, because I'm not adjourning this case. On network shows, illegal aliens never have real felony charges according to the writers. Somehow a poor innocent illegal just got caught up in a drug sweep as if that just happens to anybody. Benson and Carisi visit a relative of Ruiz to ask if she can locate him. Benson gives the relative her business card. Ruiz eventually appears at the precinct offering to testify. While there, he portrays himself as a victim of the government and ignores any culpability for sneaking into the country illegally. Ruiz: I've been in this country for 22 years. I got a job. I--I'm really good at it. Paid my taxes. I send money back to my family. And I was arrested 15 years ago. But--but it was for something that I didn't do.  Benson: And we are going to do everything that we can to protect you. Ruiz: So my choices are to--to run and hide and hope that they never find me or to-- to just leave my whole life and just go back. And now you're asking me to do something nice for my government? Why would I do that? Benson: You're right. You're absolutely right. And if you got up and walked out of here right now, nobody would blame you. But the fact of the matter is, Mr. Ruíz, you came in here tonight, which tells me that you want to do what's right, whether or not you get something back in return. ICE agents then show up at the precinct and arrest Benson when she refuses to hand over Ruiz. Detective Velasco: Captain, ice is on the way up. Benson: What? Ruiz: How do they know? Benson: Come. There's a back stairway. Carisi: No, wait. Don't try that. Detective Bruno: Can they do this? Detective Velasco: They don't have a warrant. Carisi: Doesn't matter. They're Feds. Captain Curry: So they take our witness, and we can't do anything about it? Benson: Hold on a second. I need you to trust me. Can you do that? [Tense music] Velasco, arrest him. Velasco: What? Benson: Now. Arrest him now. Detective Velasco: Mr. Ruíz, you're under arrest. ICE Agent: Captain Vincent, you're interfering with a federal operation. Carisi: Oh, no, she's not. Jorge Ruíz is a material witness, and he's in the custody of the NYPD. Benson: Do you really want to help a rapist go free? He's ours, okay? Take him to holding. Carisi: Once he provides his testimony--no, no. We'll release him. ICE Agent: This you? You have been obstructing this operation from the beginning. That is a federal charge. Put your hands behind your back. Captain Curry: Oh, no. Captain. Benson: It's okay. Stand down, Curry. Stand down. - [Sighs] [Handcuffs clicking]  ICE officers later interrupt court proceedings just as Ruiz is about to testify against the rapist. The judge berates the agents, saying, "No, not in my courtroom. Jimmy, tell them they can wait outside, but they are not welcome here." In the end, Benson is quickly released from jail and her boss acquires a "snitch visa" for Ruiz so he can stay in the U.S. legally. Throughout the episode, no mention is ever made of the vital role ICE actually plays in arresting sex offenders. Instead, its agents are portrayed as caricatures who could care less about the crime of rape.  With repeated violent attacks against ICE agents and facilities in recent weeks, it is irresponsible of Hollywood to pour fuel on the flames. Television shows routinely portray immigration agents as enemies. How many more agents will be threatened before Hollywood turns down the temperature?

As a woman in a leadership role of a Christian organization, I appreciate the opportunities available to me in modern America. Women can and do lead with great effectiveness in countless contexts as the Lord calls and equips women to advance His kingdom.But let me say something that will sound scandalous to modern ears: National leadership belongs to men, and the 19th Amendment was a mistake.Western imagination continues to swallow, without chewing, the dogma that men and women are virtually interchangeable in every respect but reproduction.Does that shock you?It probably does, and we have the rise of feminism and its pervasive influence on the West to thank for that.Feminist programmingThe factory settings of the American mind are thoroughly feminist. We instinctively view women rising into roles once held exclusively by men as positive. But rarely do we pause to contemplate whether such role-swapping might actually be a factor in the sharp moral decline of the last century.The Western imagination continues to swallow, without chewing, the dogma that men and women are virtually interchangeable in every respect but reproduction. But this is biological and biblical falsehood dressed in cultural orthodoxy. Men and women are different to the core — in body, brain, hormones, and God-given roles.How could we possibly ignore the reality that these vast differences will have a significant impact on our institutions if we liberally swap women into governing roles?The emotional, nurturing leanings of femininity are God-ordained. In their proper place and function, they are a strength. But when it comes to the leadership of a nation, feminine traits are an inherent weakness.Is it time we began reconsidering this?Grace meets justiceAt the recent memorial for Charlie Kirk, masculine and feminine, government and personal were on full display. In an unforgettable moment, Erika Kirk publicly forgave her husband’s alleged murderer. This was a faithful demonstration of the gospel of God’s grace. It was right.Not long before that, Stephen Miller, in no uncertain terms, made it abundantly clear that our enemies must be destroyed. This was a faithful demonstration of God’s justice and role of government: wielding the sword against the evildoer. It was right.RELATED: How Erika Kirk answered the hardest question of all Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesFor the government to absolve the doer of a wicked deed and refrain from doing justice would be evil. For an individual to forgive is right. This tension is complementary, but blurring the lines is catastrophic. While there may be the rare exception of women who understand this and are able to unflinchingly pursue justice against evildoers, the truth remains that men are intrinsically designed by their Creator for that in a way that women are not.Seeing men and women as interchangeable in the halls of government has opened our nation up to all manner of evil. Favoring the nurturing tendencies of female leadership over the strength and forcefulness of male leadership has allowed our nation to be infiltrated by those who hate us, using the Trojan horse of misplaced compassion.Order, not oppressionNot long ago, few questioned whether men should lead their families and their nation.Leadership of this kind was understood as God’s assignment to men. Departure from this was the exception — not the goal. Scripture itself portrays the rule of women and children over men as a sign of divine judgment, not of blessing (Isaiah 3:12).When 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, no one raised an eyebrow at their failure to assemble a gender-balanced cast of signers. The signers knew they were risking their lives by writing their names on that document, and this extreme risk has always been understood to be the God-given role of men.Voting rights, originally limited to land-owning males, followed a simple principle: Those given authority with the vote should also bear a tangible interest in society’s future. They should have skin in the game.George Washington once warned: “It is to be lamented that more attention has not been paid to the qualifications of electors. Without property, or with little, the common interest will be disregarded or postponed to that of individuals.”This was neither a call to oppress nor arbitrary discrimination, but it was a protective recognition of human nature. A man with land, family, and livelihood invested in the community was far less likely to cast votes carelessly than someone detached from such responsibilities.Disordered chaosChange came gradually. By the 1820s and 1830s, property requirements for white men were swept away in the name of “universal manhood suffrage.” By 1856, every state allowed men to vote regardless of land ownership.This was celebrated as progress — but it marked a philosophical turning point. Authority was no longer tethered to responsibility.The 19th century brought the women’s suffrage movement, culminating in the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920. What had for millennia across the globe been seen as natural order was reframed as injustice. Strong male leadership as an ideal was abandoned in favor of sameness.RELATED: Misogyny? Please: Our real problem is female entitlement Getty Images PlusInstead of viewing womanhood as a high calling of influence through nurture, wisdom, and faithfulness, women began rejecting the way God has naturally wired us in order to become functionally men.Are our families stronger for it? Is our society more stable?Of course not. Broken homes abound. Men shrink back in passivity. Women carry burdens they were never meant to bear. Children grow up without clear models of what it means to be a man or a woman.God's blueprintFeminism is destroying us, and Christians hardly want to give it a look. A Christian today would likely recoil in horror at the idea of strongly preferring a male candidate vs. a female candidate, all other conditions being equal. But this idea is thoroughly biblical.The stats are undeniable that unmarried women vote overwhelmingly Democrat, citing the “right” to murder their own babies as a primary issue. This should deeply trouble every thoughtful, Christian conservative. Yet suggest repealing the 19th Amendment and returning to the heavily limited voting rights advocated by the founding fathers, and the negative response from Christians will be more intense than the response to blasphemy against our Creator.Robust debate is healthy and good for a flourishing society. Disagreement is not a bad thing. But feminism is one of the key culprits that has effectively shut down vibrant debate. All that is required is an accusation of meanness or offense, and the conversation is over before it begins.Women are experts at leveraging this to our advantage. Men have allowed this to happen.If America and, more importantly, the church are to recover, we must shed the feminist factory settings and return to God’s blueprint. Men and women are equal in dignity but distinct in design. Women can lead in many contexts — but national headship, church eldership, and family authority are given by God to men.That is not oppression; it is order. It is not diminishing; it is dignifying. When men and women live according to God’s good design, society flourishes, families strengthen, and the watching world sees something of Christ on display.

Investors are always looking for hot stocks. But what if the hottest stocks became that way via cursed baptism in a certain lake of fire? Sulfur and brimstone are two commodities not many should be excited about adding to their portfolio. And yet the world of investing has a twisted fascination with companies that deal in vice. There’s one particular mutual fund that singles out investments in “sin stocks” like cannabis and casinos. The investment thesis is that buying into morally murky industries is a long-term win because addicts make loyal customers, and even in bad economies, people still want to get high. If people are serious about making America great again, they must consider what their investments are funding.But the Vice Fund is not actually all that unique — it is just saying the quiet part out loud.There are hundreds of mutual funds and ETFs invested in the shady businesses of abortion drugs, pornography, strip clubs, and LGBT activism. But what you might not realize is that there is a good chance you own one of those funds in your 401(k), IRA, or other investment fund.Don’t believe me? Type one of your ticker symbols into www.inspireinsight.com and see for yourself. It's easy to be deceived. These dirty funds have normal-sounding names from reputable companies like American Funds Growth Fund of America, iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, and Vanguard Large Cap Index Fund. The devil comes disguised as an angel of light, after all. But don’t be too hard on yourself. If anyone should have known better it was me. I had the wool pulled over my eyes, too. A financial adviser working in the lofty private client group of a prestigious bank and a dedicated pro-life Christian, I was dumbfounded the day I discovered that I was personally invested in three abortion drug manufacturing companies. The unsettling truth pierced my heart that every time a young lady went to Planned Parenthood and had an abortion, I made money on that transaction. I literally profited from the murder of an innocent child and was recommending all of my wealthy clients to do the same. But it didn’t stop there: porn, LGBT activism, human trafficking, the list went on like a “hottest stock picks” newsletter from hell. How could this be?According to a recent study by the faith-based investing organization Kingdom Advisors, $22.4 trillion of investment assets are owned by Christian church members in the United States, representing about 50% of the entire investment market. I have two questions: How much of that money is invested right now in industries and activities that are diametrically opposed to the biblical values their Christian owners seek to live their lives by? And how different might corporate America be — and indeed our nation at large — if those Christian investors directed their capital away from the works of evil and into companies that did good instead? What if major corporations got the message that 50% of the investment assets in America were off limits to any business that manufactured abortion drugs? Or pushed LGBT activist agendas? Or distributed porn? What if the mutual fund, ETF, and 401(k) providers got the message that 50% of the investment assets in America refused to invest in funds that bought morally compromised stocks?RELATED: How corporate America helped fuel the hate that killed Charlie Kirk baloon111/iStock/Getty Images PlusI believe things would be much different — and much better. Last month, Costco announced its decision not to sell the abortion drug mifepristone in any of its pharmacies. This decision is a huge pro-life victory and followed a sustained shareholder engagement campaign that began more than two years before by my faith-based investing firm, Inspire Investing. Thanks to Biden-era shenanigans, in 2023, long-standing safety restrictions limiting mifepristone distribution were loosened to allow retail pharmacies to apply for a special exemption to dispense the abortion pill directly: a dangerous practice that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration itself says puts women in elevated danger of hospitalization and potentially deadly complications, regardless of what you believe about abortion and the effect on the baby.In early 2024, CVS and Walgreens jumped on the abortion bandwagon and signed up for the exemption. Other large retail pharmacies such as Costco, Walmart, Albertsons, and Kroger, were considering following suit. That's when our team snapped into action.We leveraged our position as investors to lobby the investor relations department and made the strong case against getting into the abortion business. We gathered over 9,000 signatures from Costco members and investors ready to cancel their memberships if Costco started stocking mifepristone. We rallied a coalition, including faith-based investors, treasurers, and other financial officers from conservative states. We had numerous conversations with Costco’s management.Liberal abortion activists were also hard at work, bringing their own firepower to bear.In the end, goodness and common sense prevailed, and Costco made the rational decision to stay out of such a contentious and legally tenuous line of business, while also citing a “lack of demand from our members and other patients.” But it wasn't only Costco. Walmart made the same decision, and we are hopeful that other pharmacies will be listening to reason as well.This isn't an isolated incident. You can read many more stories of the successes we’ve had, including details of the behind-the-scenes conversations influencing major corporations with conservative, biblical values in my book "Biblically Responsible Investing: On Wall Street as It Is in Heaven."If people are serious about making America great again, they must consider what their investments are funding. Is your own money working against you? Will you invest the hell out of your money?

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