family
Family unites us; but it's also a challenge. All about fighting to stay together, and loving every moment of it.
Unbundling the Law: A Case for Individual Issue Voting
Modern democracy is drowning in fine print. Congress passes bills hundreds or thousands of pages long, packed with hidden riders and last-minute insertions that have little to do with their stated titles. The American public is told that such complexity is necessary — that governing is hard work and compromise requires bundling unrelated issues together. But this is not compromise. It is corruption by convenience.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
The Refining Fire: How Painful Relationships Reveal What Comfort Never Can
There are seasons in life when relationships feel like open wounds. We pour love, patience, and forgiveness into people who repay it with manipulation, distance, or contempt. The pain is real, but it is not wasted. The deepest heartbreaks often become the most honest mirrors, revealing who we are, what we believe, and how much we still need to grow.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
The Difference Between Hatred and Holy Intolerance
There is a dangerous confusion in today’s world. People are told that loving others means accepting everything they say, everything they do, and everything they believe. But love without truth is not love. It is surrender and cowardice disguised as compassion.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
How Helping Others Can Change a Life
The Power of One Person’s Support: How Helping Others Can Change a Life Have you ever felt like giving up on something hard? Maybe it was a school subject that felt too difficult, a sport that seemed impossible, or a personal dream that felt too far away. We all face moments like this. But sometimes, one person’s support—whether it's a friend, teacher, parent, or even a stranger—can make all the difference.
By Jeno Treshan 3 months ago in Humans
Russia-Ukraine energy war (2025)
War’s Silent Weapons: How Energy Blackouts Became the New Battlefield At Midnight, the Lights Died The air in Kyiv was freezing, yet it wasn’t the cold that scared people most that night. It was the darkness. One moment the city hummed — the next, it fell silent. Power plants had been hit again. Streets disappeared into blackness, hospitals scrambled to start generators, and families huddled around candlelight.
By Wings of Time 3 months ago in Humans
Unrequited Love Hits Hard When You Still Hope They Care
Unrequited love is one of the most painful emotional experiences a person can endure. It’s the quiet heartbreak of loving someone who doesn’t love you back—or not in the way you wish they did. The more we hope they care, the more desire, confusion, and silent pain we feel. The heart keeps whispering maybe, even when the mind knows the answer is no.
By Relationship Guide3 months ago in Humans
Freedom That Unites
I. The Moral Crisis Beneath the Debate America stands divided—not merely by policy, but by principle. One side equates compassion with borderlessness, believing moral virtue is measured by openness alone. The other sees law and sovereignty as prerequisites for order, accused of cruelty for defending what sustains the whole. Both claim moral ground. Only one can sustain a civilization.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
The Reflection in the Windscreen
We, my wife and I, were driving along the M8, Glasgow’s main motorway, on our way to Ingliston — a country club fancier than the places we’d stayed before. The journey was pleasant, though for a while I grew inward, distracted. It was only later, after we’d arrived and before a nap ahead of dinner, that I told her I’d had a strange experience.
By Paul Stewart3 months ago in Humans
