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Guns. Should the people of a civilized society have guns? Why, exactly, do Americans need guns? Should they have some kinds of guns but not other kinds? What is a semiautomatic pistol or rifle? How do they work? What is the difference between a gun that is semiautomatic and one that isn't? Are semiautomatic guns weapons of war? What does the second amendment say? What does it mean? Should it be repealed? What is the truth about gun violence in...

Jenny Ingram was sitting on the big sofa in the front lobby of the Happy Trails Retirement Village in Abilene, Texas. It looked like she had dozed off. She hadn't. She was dead. When Harriet calls Jenny's niece, Cheyenne McKinley, to tell her that her aunt had passed away quietly about an hour ago, Cheyenne insists that her aunt had not died of natural causes. Someone killed her. Harriet is not convinced, but when the coroner's report comes ba...

In Philosophical Dialogs For The 21st Century, retired philosopher professor, Dr. Glenn Rogers, offers a series of philosophical dialogs designed to provide a conversational presentation of several important areas of philosophical thought, including the problem of evil, the existence of God, the purpose of life, morality, human nature, the nature of reality, and key sociopolitical concerns, including social justice, social structure, and the r...

More copies of the Bible have been sold worldwide than any of book. It has been translated into more languages than any other book. But there are still lots of language groups that do not yet have the Bible translated into their language. Bible translation is an ongoing process. And how to do it well is still a topic of concern among people who want all people to be able to read the Bible in their own language. Dr. Glenn Rogers, a specialist i...

A lot of people are either a democrat or a republican because their parents or grandparents were. In his book, A Bunch of Really Good Reasons to be a Republican, Dr. Glenn Rogers challenges us to think analytically, and ask ourselves why we are a democratic or a republican. To help us answer the question, Dr. Rogers provides us with information about each party: a brief historical overview of each party, a list of ideas and positions each part...

Carl Winters is one of the residents at Happy Trails Retirement Village. He is also a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, a Purple Heart, and a Bronze Star. As a Gunny Sergeant in January of 1968, Carl led his squad of marines, who were outnumbered and outgunned, in the taking of Hill 479. Carl is a bona fide war hero. Emma Griffin is a talented writer who is writing a book about Carl and the taking of Hill 479. But when Harriet fin...

Postmodernism is dead and gone. Or is it? Retired philosophy professor, Dr. Glenn Rogers, argues that while philosophers are no longer advocating postmodernism, the fallout of the philosophy is still with us, and still causing serious problems in society. In this small book, Rogers explains the basic tenets of postmodernism and shows how and why they are wrong. He then discusses the kinds of challenges church leaders face as a result of the co...

It had been a long time since Jake had allowed himself to love anyone. He had felt responsible for Elaine's death and loving another woman, even after almost four years, just didn't feel right. But when he'd discovered the truth about what had happened, things changed. Jake was in love again. And the woman he loved was Monica Nolan. He'd probably loved her for a long time but hadn't realized it. He'd thought she was just a good friend. When he...

As one of the three greatest philosophical minds in history, Aristotle help shaped the way we think in the Western world. His book on logic was the standard text in the field for nearly 2, 000 years. Many of his studies were groundbreaking. He taught generations of academics a basic approach to research, and using that approach did a number of studies that laid the foundation for the development of new academic disciplines. His work in moral p...

If you grew up in any Western culture, the philosophy of Plato shaped your thinking more than you probably realize. Plato's thinking about the nature of reality, about objective truth and knowledge, about morality and what it means to live a good life, about how to be a good person, how society ought to function, and about things like justice, moderation, courage, and much more, shaped the development of Western culture in crucial ways. Plato ...

Socrates has been dead about 2, 500 years. Why should anyone care what he thought about anything? Because Socrates was one of the greatest and most important philosophers who ever lived. He charted the course of Western philosophy that served as part of the foundation of Western civilization-the other part being the Judeo-Christian religious tradition. Socrates was the teacher of Plato, who was the teacher of Aristotle, so Socrates was one of ...

What does God want from people? What are his expectations for the human race and the church? Rogers suggests that these kinds of questions can only be answered biblically by discovering the underlying, unifying theme of God's communication to his human children.

Taxes are necessary. But the tax system must assess and collect taxes fairly. Since all American citizens are equal, enjoying the same rights and privileges, they are also equally responsible for our society's operating expenses, expenses that are paid with money collected through a system of taxation. However, since not all people make the same amount of money, collecting the same amount of tax from each person (which would be fair and equal ...

Slavery was a shameful thing-a dark and horrible part of human history. It should never have happened. But it did. Most people, however, don't know what really happened, why it happened, how it happened, or the extent to which it happened. In this brief, easy-to-read book, Dr. Glenn Rogers provides an overview of slavery from when it began nearly 10, 000 years ago to the slavery that still exists today. How should we think about what happened?...

It is apparent to everyone that millennials think differently than previous generations of young people. Why do they think differently? The answer might surprise you. Not all millennials think alike or believe the same things. But enough of them do so that one can speak in general terms of their generational character traits. Retired philosophy professor, Dr. Glenn Rogers, explains the philosophical, social, and educational forces that shaped ...

Another humorous, cozy by Glenn Rogers. When Harriet, out for her early morning walk, sees a man in the distance, lying on the green of the first hole of the Happy Trails Retirement Village golf course, she rushes over to see if she can help. She can't. The man has been shot and is quite dead. Having been a surgical nurse for thirty years, she knows what death looks like. But what's even worse than finding a dead man on the Happy Trails golf c...

When Walter, one of the Happy Trials residents, a healthy eighty-year-old who'd just been given a clean bill of health by his doctor, suddenly dies of a heart attack, Harriet feels like something isn't quite right about his death. Walter had been quite the ladies man. Could someone have killed him? Or did he just have a heart attack? A week later, another resident dies, and then a few days after that, another dies. What's going one? Why are he...

In this brief but enlightening historical overview of capitalistic free enterprise, Dr. Glenn Rogers offers not only clear and concise definitions of capitalism and socialism, but also provides historical and archeological evidence demonstrating that capitalism has been the economic system of choice for most of the world almost from the beginning of human society. It is an unapologetic defense of capitalism in which Rogers discusses the shortc...

In How To Build Your Own Philosophical System From The Ground Up, retired philosophy professor, Dr. Glenn Rogers, explains what philosophy is, how it works, and why everyone needs a philosophical system to help guide them in making important decisions in life. Dr. Rogers deals with important issues such as the nature of reality, objective truth, the existence of God, the kind of beings human are, why evil exists, morality, and more. Written in...