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Showing 1 thru 10 of 209. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... NEXT > Bring our troops home, Part 2 Saturday November 21, 2009 by Pat Boone -- I received an amazing response to my last column, in which I called loudly for the president – trying desperately to decide what to do in his newfound role as commander in chief – to issue the executive order to bring every last soldier in the Mi ... Let's bring the boys home now Saturday November 14, 2009 by Pat Boone -- As I try to do every Veterans and Memorial Day, I spent some time Wednesday walking among the grave markers in the vast, beautiful but somber Veteran's Cemetery in Westwood. I read the names and thanked them out loud, as always. My doctor friend Bob Karns and his dear wife, Stevie, joined me, and ... Stonewall transparency Saturday November 07, 2009 by Pat Boone -- Let's see. I seem to remember a declarative, emphatic promise from candidate Barack Obama, something about "a new transparency in government." Yes, and a resounding, fervent promise by the newly elected President Obama: "My administration will bring a new transparency in our g ... Needed: A tenting of the White House Saturday October 31, 2009 by Pat Boone -- In time, it seems to happen to all older houses, no matter how well tended they may be. All manner of parasites, vermin, roaches, rats, worms and termites find their way into the building. Long before they're detected, they infiltrate the walls, the floors, the roofs – and then c ... An insightful twist on the alien invasion Saturday October 24, 2009 by Pat Boone -- Friend, I enjoy writing these weekly columns, and I especially enjoy the mounting response I've been getting, mostly positive. I even appreciate the negative ones and disagreements as well – as long as they're civil. As I was preparing this week's column, I read this from ... Is the 1st Amendment still relevant? Saturday October 17, 2009 by Pat Boone -- Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. ... Ignorance: A death sentence Saturday October 10, 2009 by Pat Boone -- I've been writing these weekly columns four years now. I don't get paid, and that's not even a consideration. It's a privilege to mount this soap box and speak my mind freely, especially when I think I've got something valuable or necessary to say. And I've learned to expect varied res ... A call to arms Saturday October 03, 2009 by Pat Boone -- It was just before dawn. Close to a million people stood silently at attention, waiting for the signal. Looming above them in the dissipating darkness was a thick wall, forbidding and impenetrable. It surrounded a city containing thousands of people who were unalterably opposed to the aims of ... False alarms Saturday September 26, 2009 by Pat Boone -- Remember "Y2K"? The growing angst, eventually near panic, the predictions that at the stroke of midnight, 1999, every computer and digital device in the world would self-destruct? Like an episode of "Mission Impossible"! We caught the fever at our house. We built two structures out ... Losing liberty Saturday September 19, 2009 by Pat Boone -- I used to call myself lucky. I don't do that anymore. I call myself blessed. The good and the great things I've enjoyed in my life aren't the result of "luck." God has smiled on me in wonderful ways, beyond even what I dreamed as a young boy in Nashville, Tenn. To begin with, I was ... Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... NEXT > Special offer: Get Pat's latest book, "Questions About God – And the Answers that Could Change Your Life" Pat Boone, descendant of the legendary pioneer Daniel Boone, has been a top-selling recording artist, the star of his own hit TV series, a movie star, a Broadway headliner, and a best-selling author in a career that has spanned half a century. During the classic rock & roll era of the 1950s, he sold more records than any artist except Elvis Presley. To learn more about Pat, please visit his website.
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