Darwin’s Myopia, Our Dilemma

Darwin’s Myopia, in excerpts:  “Once, Milton, Byron, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelly “gave me great pleasure” and “I took intense delight in Shakespeare.” -Charles Darwin ~~~ “In his old age Darwin admitted, “I have lost the power of becoming deeply attached to anyone.”  He assured Tennyson that there was nothing in his theories to prevent anyone…

A Post as Lovely as a Tree?

  Trees By Joyce Kilmer   I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree.   A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;   A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray;   A tree that may in…

Don’t Show Up. Be There!

Do you know the Olympics motto?  “Citius, Altius, Fortius” (Latin for “Faster, Higher, Stronger”) I bet you know Nike’s motto just from their swipe logo:  “Just Do It.” Why as Americans have we turned from away from meritocracy toward a progressive Disneyland of ‘equal’ ‘happy’ outcomes? Is it because of laziness? Perhaps. Is it due to…

Aurora, Illinois Planned Parenthood Protest Aug 8-22-2015

August 22, 2015 protest Against Planned Parenthood:     Where:  Planned Parenthood, 3051 E. New York St., Aurora, IL 60504 630-585-0500 Planned Parenthood Detail: Categories: Hospital & Medical Center, Doctor  & Clinic, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Abortion, Pregnancy Information, Infertility Counseling, Abortion Information, Abetting…Mutilation, Eugenics, Selling of fetal body parts, Dr. Mengele’s human experiments, First-degree murder,…

Illinois-Historic anti-BDS legislation signed into law

Historic anti-BDS legislation signed into law.   “We need to stand up to anti-Semitism whenever and wherever we see it,” [Illinois Governor Bruce] Rauner said.  “This historic legislation is an important first step in the fight against boycotts of Israel, and I hope other states move quickly to follow our lead.”