Over the past few days memories of William Horton and the 1988 Presidential Campaign have been revived in the press. Some commentators have used these old news accounts as an excuse to label the late George H. W. Bush as a racist. What is the basis for this label? Is it justified? On October 26, […]
When we consider the life of a notable man or woman we often fail to consider the role of energy in his or her accomplishments. Some individuals have an overabundance of that life force that we call energy. Others are deficient. I am painfully aware of these energy differences. I was married to a supercharged […]
The Supreme Court will soon decide the constitutionality of a towering cross-shaped memorial to Maryland men who died in the First World War. In November 2018 the justices agreed to hear a case in which the American Legion is asking the high court to reverse a 2017 Fourth Circuit Court ruling that the memorial violates the […]
It is fascinating to see how reactions to President Donald Trump tend to drive us apart. There are many people for whom I have great respect who absolutely abhor the man. Some seem to regard him as the incarnation of evil. There are others who support him and are willing to overlook his all too […]
The following is a rework of brief devotional skit that I wrote for performance at my church some years ago. It is based on the Biblical parable about The Prodigal Son. There have been many versions of this story over the years. The following is my own: The train sped north through the bleak Illinois […]
President Trump often rails against what he calls “fake news.” Is he correct? Are most commercial television news broadcasts and major newspapers filled with falsehoods and half-truths? On occasion, Trump has gone so far as to charge that the purveyors of fake news are “enemies of the people.” Such statements by the President infuriate television […]
This past Sunday we celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I. The following day was our Veterans Day holiday. Let us take a brief moment to think of some of those heroes who served our nation so well. On December 10, 1941, Captain Colin Kelly, B-17 pilot, took off from Clark […]
Every Memorial Day and every Veteran’s Day (November 11th) veterans stand outside certain commercial establishments selling poppies. Why the poppies? As the years go by, fewer and fewer people understand the significance of poppies and November 11th. November 11th commemorates the anniversary of World War I’s armistice. At eleven a.m. on the eleventh day of […]
On November 7, 2018, on the day after the midterm elections, I watched a Presidential news conference. I was amazed at the lack of deference shown to the President by some of the reporters. Several of them were very provocative and rude in their questioning. Trump began by making some some remarks on the election […]
This post deals with a very complex issue. I urge readers to study it carefully. It talks of a another sea change in society’s view of sex and sexuality, and the implications are quite profound. The subject is equal protection legislation for the LGBT community – more particularly, for those persons in that community who […]
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