Good News For The Very Old And Very Young

by Kevin Burton    Today’s smiles from the Good News Network take us from Japan to Iowa, from senior years to the cradle, from life to give to life to live.    First, a story by Andy Corbley about older Japanese women, making a joyful contribution to society as a whole and to real people …

Keeping Christ In Christmas At Our House

by Kevin Burton    Only one snack company has permission to send me e-mails; Herr’s chips, based in Nottingham, Pennsylvania.    I love their red-hot chips.    Herr’s sent me an e-mail Wednesday with the subject “Merry Chip-mas!”    And I just sighed.    It didn’t make me angry, but it also didn’t make me …

K&J Points: Our Mercurial, Floating Currency

by Kevin Burton    I was born in the heyday of S&H Green Stamps. By God’s grace I have lasted into the era of bitcoin.    I learned barter by baseball cards before I ever heard the word barter. I used to get fistfuls of Pesos for teaching Mexican nationals how to speak idiomatic American …