Concerning the Fourth Commandment, we can honor a father or mother after they’re gone… ‘SERGEANT JOE’ Joseph R. was born in1920, in Indianapolis, Indiana. His parents were Peter and Cora R. of rural southern Indiana, where the parents raised the children on a small farm. There were two siblings, aContinue Reading
How might blood type better address the individuality of each human life from conception onward, and promote commonality of cultural understanding in the human life discussion? According to the Torah, the Law of Moses, nothing is more basic to the notion of human life than the nature of its life-sustainingContinue Reading
THE INTRODUCTORY “Is it really “When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns”? Nooooo… but rather “When the government outlaws guns, only the government will have guns!” – V Rev. David L. Rogers, circa 1971 ‘NUKES’, F-15S, AND OTHER SCARE TACTICS We the People are by this time wellContinue Reading
THE ISSUE AT HAND In this piece I suggest a shift in how contemporary culture values human life, that by addressing the subject of human blood as basic to the notion of human life and to the individuality of each person from conception onward. The commonality of humanity is betterContinue Reading
Deuteronomy 26 1 “When you come into the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance, and have taken possession of it, and live in it, 2you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you harvest from your land thatContinue Reading
Remember we will, that New Frontier…Continue Reading
“On 10 November, 1775, by authorization of the Continental Congress, the first companies of the Marine Corps were gathered at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, under the command of Captain Robert Mullen. 10 November is now your new birthday! Dooo yooou have that absolutely clear, Privates?” “YES, SIR!” “I CAN’TContinue Reading
Stories about our own histories and experience of life have tremendous power to confront the racial hatreds and lies so common in contemporary media. I AM WHITE! Well, most of me is. It’s about this annoying little dab of Iroquois blood in me courtesy of my great-great grandmother. Ol’ HenriContinue Reading
“ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THE BIONIC POOCHIE” is the title of my post from June 16th of 2021. I now resurrect it, giving it a thorough editing and augmentation after being thunderstruck by the analogies between A. I. and Psalm 115, highlighting the First Commandment along with a good excuse toContinue Reading
CRACKER ‘JILL’? The Frito-Lay division of the PepsiCo conglomerate announced last week that it is spawning a new companion to the historic CrackerJack brand labeled “Cracker Jill”. The brand is aimed at celebrating women in sports and their achievements, while simultaneously encouraging other younger women and girls to “go forContinue Reading
THE THINGS THAT THE 1440 DIGEST BRINGS TO US! Every morning I am amazed at what the folks at 1440Digest.com bring our way via the “Etcetera” section at the conclusion of their morning report. Fish can learn basic arithmetic… The Science.org article by Zack Savitsky dated March 31 claims thatContinue Reading
SO BLOOMBERG TELLS YOU THUS AND SO: A link to the Federalist article is below this astonishing citation. “If your income is more than $289,000 a year, the run-up in gas prices may be alarming—but it’s unlikely to hammer your overall finances.” “Adjustment [to inflation] is hard for people withoutContinue Reading
Jussie Smollet was released from jail yesterday after only a few days of serving his already minimal sentence. The reason? His lawyers declare the unconstitutionality of each step of the proceedings against him, and insist that Smollet will endure bodily harm if he remains behind bars while his case isContinue Reading
PARENTS ARE NOT TELLING YOU WHAT TO TEACH The parents of Loudoun County, Virginia, and other quarters of civil courage are not telling teachers what to teach. There is no evidence to support the notion that parents dictate the content of instruction to teachers and administrators, academicians, etc. The parentsContinue Reading
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, (1929-1968) To commemorate this man’s birth and the national holiday in his honor, I can do no better than to commend the classic collection of his sermons, entitled, “Strength to Love”. One of those sermons stands out for me in light of its comprehensive examinationContinue Reading