Wreck of the Sea Venture 1609 Samuel Jordan was evidently the first Jordan to settle in English America. Some reports say that Samuel was born in Lyme Regis, Dorsetshire, England, and his birth year is given as 1575 or 1578. Other sources indicate that he was born in the adjoining county of Wiltshire. Samuel was […]
President Trump is currently on trial in New York City on ridiculous charges that are so convoluted that no one can explain them. Even eminent legal scholars say that no chargeable crime has been committed. During the trial, Trump has been handicapped with a severe gag order, whereas his accusers are free to attack him. […]
Some say that a picture is worth a thousand words. This is a December 1953, photograph of my wife Ann with our infant son. Someone once said that the word “cellar door” is the most beautiful word in the English language. I disagree. The word “mother”, with all its love and connotations, is far more […]
The battle for America’s soul rages on. America was founded as a representative republic, and the founding fathers recognized that the success of our republic depended on the fact that our citizens generally subscribed to Judeo-Christian ethics. Without this base, which was buttressed by a legal system developed over centuries of practical experience, they realized […]
I was not in Washington on January 6, 2020. My perspective on the events of that day is therefore limited by my access to unbiased news, and in these troubled times balanced news coverage is an extremely rare commodity. Nevertheless, I will sift through the information available to me, apply my own biases, and tell […]
In the Old Testament Book of Micah there is a brief passage instructing man how to act. It reads, “Act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with your God.” That is very simple and straightforward; but one might ask, what is justly? Micah answered that question immediately prior to this instruction. He wrote, “He has […]
Recently Pope Francis was quoted as saying that those who deny climate change are stupid. I don’t deny climate change. I believe the world is warming. But the real question is what do we do about it? I believe the current warming trend is cyclic and inevitable, and there may be little we can do […]
As is true for many people of my years, my hearing has deteriorated. I’m okay when conversing face to face with a person, but I have difficulty in a crowded room – especially with a person on my left. I have a hearing aid but often fail to wear it. If I do not hear […]
In November 1939. not long after my 10th birthday, I saw a newsreel at the local cinema that pictured the results of Kristallnacht, “The night of Broken Glass”. German Jews had been subjected to a night of terrorism in which their synagogues and shops had been vandalized all over their nation while the Nazi government […]
Our Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen, recently described an increase in national indebtedness from 32 trillion to 51 trillion as a reduction. Only by using the Democrat Party’s fuzzy math formulation can one make that claim. The debt is projected to rise almost 20 trillion by 2033, but the Democrats claim that this is […]
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