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J.J. Richardson
- Jan 14, 2023
- 4 min
Top-10 Pop Songs Ever
Here is my top-10 list of pop songs ever. But first, I’ll provide you with the criteria I used to select these songs.
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J.J. Richardson
- Aug 25, 2022
- 10 min
Top-3 Teachers
William Joseph Clabby, Dorothy Jean Worthy, and Robert E. Heninger.
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J.J. Richardson
- Aug 4, 2022
- 7 min
Dry Humor to Wet Your Whistle
The greatest benefit of dry humor is you get to skip the awkward, unnatural machinations of ordinary joke-telling.
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J.J. Richardson
- Jul 25, 2022
- 14 min
How to Be an Ideal Parent
How can we manage the task of raising children over a twenty-year span when it seems no one knows for sure how to do it?
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J.J. Richardson
- Apr 4, 2022
- 6 min
Sincerity
How can we impart knowledge, wisdom, and kindness to our relatives, friends, neighbors, and coworkers, without sincerity?
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J.J. Richardson
- Oct 28, 2021
- 6 min
Low Self-esteem
At some point most of us learn that bullies are weak people. We learn they’re not so tough once we’ve had enough and finally confront them.
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J.J. Richardson
- Sep 24, 2021
- 10 min
Ideologue
I long for persuasion over coercion, teaching over indoctrination, and example over cancellation.
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J.J. Richardson
- Sep 21, 2021
- 5 min
Procrastination
Rest assured, procrastination is not about laziness or lack of self-control.
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J.J. Richardson
- Aug 26, 2021
- 3 min
Advice for Engaged Couples
Here is the most important and concise list of principles I can find for young people considering marriage.
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J.J. Richardson
- Jul 23, 2021
- 14 min
What is a Conservative?
The modern conservative movement is in line with the liberal movement of the 1960s.
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J.J. Richardson
- Jun 20, 2021
- 8 min
The Best Mother
I learned over the years that our mother wasn't the meanest mother in the word, but the best.
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J.J. Richardson
- May 16, 2021
- 4 min
Plastic Recycling
It didn’t take me more than a half-hour of casual Internet research to understand why we’re not recycling plastics like we wish we could.
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J.J. Richardson
- Apr 6, 2021
- 2 min
The Assumption Mark
The rules of English grammar provide us with question marks, exclamation marks, and quotation marks, but no assumption mark.
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J.J. Richardson
- Mar 12, 2021
- 3 min
The Future of Storytelling
Reciting tales has been a part of human life from the earliest discovered cave drawings until the present day.
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J.J. Richardson
- Mar 2, 2021
- 2 min
Copy That
In our lives do we seek to personify the attributes of the Great Creator or the Great Copier?
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J.J. Richardson
- Dec 14, 2020
- 4 min
Date Your Spouse Regularly
Most of the time, your life is how you want it to be. You are the reason your life is the way it is.
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J.J. Richardson
- Oct 31, 2020
- 10 min
Role of a Just Government
Books written on the proper role of government fill entire library shelves. One could study the wisdom of the world’s greatest political...
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J.J. Richardson
- Jul 22, 2020
- 5 min
Top-7 Villains
Why am I having difficulty picking ten villains? I believe it's because fiction must be entertaining, and that includes its villains.
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J.J. Richardson
- Jul 14, 2020
- 3 min
Voice of an Angel
I suspect that angels can be far more terrifying than anything you have come across in your lifetime.
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J.J. Richardson
- Jun 21, 2020
- 3 min
The Candy Bar
On one occasion, I asked Mother if I could have one candy bar. Just one. To my surprise she said, "Yes."
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J.J. Richardson
- Jun 21, 2020
- 3 min
Three Most Important Words In Marriage
I suppose most people would say the most important words in marriage are, “I love you,” or “You’re right, dear,” or “Please, forgive me
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