A debate about Critical Race Theory (CRT) has been in the news recently. Some fear that teaching this theory is being pushed throughout the Federal government and the nation’s military services, and they fear its effect. Critical race theory asserts that white supremacy exists in America and its existence is maintained though the nation’s laws […]
River Walk This is a photo of a portion of the river walk in my old home town of Wilmington, North Carolina. That’s the Cape Fear River in the background, and it flows into the Atlantic about thirty miles south of this place. I lived in Carolina Beach, about fifteen miles south of Wilmington town […]
Last week we remembered D-Day, the 6th of June, 1944, and the invasion of Nazi occupied France. It was right and proper for us to remember the sacrifice of those who gave their lives on those bloody beaches. Belatedly, I take this opportunity to add my own thoughts about this epochal event. I was fourteen […]
In words attributed to Omar Kayyam, Persian mathematician and philosopher, “The moving finger writes; and having writ, moves on; nor all thy piety and wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.” In simpler words, “What’s done is done.” But we still like […]
I have always admired a fine ship, and I can think of few things so beautiful a great three masted clipper under full sail. As a young boy in the 1930s I was also enthralled by the sleek ocean liners plying the North Atlantic. The Queen Mary and the Normandie were immense vessels carrying passengers […]
Most of you are familiar with the Biblical creation story. Genesis 2 tells how after God had formed the world and placed man in the beautiful Garden of Eden, he said to himself, “It is not good for man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him . . . . So, […]
“The Most Christian King.” That seems like braggadocio, doesn’t it? It reminds me of a story about the member of an obscure Catholic order who said, “We may be small, but in humility we’re tops.” Actually, the title “Most Christian King” was given to the kings of France. Considering the less than admirable conduct of […]
Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint; specifically, it is the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of veneration and entering their name in the canon, or authorized list, of that communion’s recognized saints. Unlike Roman Catholic and Orthodox Christian communions, most Protestant bodies have […]
“In the spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” I do not wish to argue with Tennyson, but for me my first true experience with that delightful, terrible emotion called love came in the autumn, and there was nothing light about it. My first love is hard to describe, but […]
The expression “The tail wagging the dog” is an idiom that refers to something big, important or powerful being controlled by something much less so. Biological males who identify themselves as transgender have a great advantage in certain women’s sports. With the support of LGBT activists and their progressive allies in politics and the media, […]
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