Your Kiss, Your Kiss is On My…One and Only List
Holy marriage between a man and a woman is beautiful to behold…the two becoming one. ~~ Last weekend I attended a wedding just outside Minneapolis. The ceremony was held in a small church. The bride and groom exchanged their vows before God and before man. As one they each partook of the Eucharist while a soloist…
License to…Look Out For Number One
Living in a Material World, Part Two Not long ago, while riding the commuter train home, I sat down on an upper row seat not far from a young Indian woman. Her head was covered so I believed her to be a devoutly religious person. On her lap was Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”. I wondered…
Forgiveness at the Threshold of Mercy
Curiouser and Curiouser
From the Big Bang to the Black Rabbit Holes of Moral Relativism Have you noticed that many of the well-coifed commentator’s these days now use the phrase, “The fact of the matter” to preface their comments? This is empiricism trying to counter relativism’s cynicism. Modern day liberals, pundits of the ersatz, consider themselves open-minded individuals. …
Memorial Day 2015: Wake Up America Day!
“People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.” Edmund Burke “Liberalism is the ideology of Western suicide.” James Burnham Father and son, two generations at Cantigny “Modern liberalism, for most liberals is not a consciously understood set of rational beliefs, but a bundle of…
Haman and Hate (and Hamas by Proxy?) meet the Hangman, Part Two
Part One: A Feast for the Eyes Part Two: Persia Meets Reality and Esther As you will recall from Part One, King Xerxes put on a six month display of his kingdom’s wealth (c. 482 B.C.) Most likely he wanted to show off his ability to conquer and to accumulate the wealth of the conquered…
Epicurus Wins Greek Election or Pain Must Be Shared to Be Fully Enjoyed
My last two posts took you for a ride in the “Wayback Machine”. The ride, with no cost to you and minimal effort on your part, took you back to the time of Epicurus, the Greek philosopher. Then I forwarded the machine to our present time, the age of the Angry Atheists. Today’s post will…
