One hundred and sixty-three years ago today confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter beginning the civil war. It wasn’t unexpected as tensions had been building. The Democratic party was in shambles at that time, divided mostly on the issue of… Continue reading

 Original sin or human nature? Something I have thought about every now and gain. Being a person that thinks about such things I have had different thoughts on the matter. When I was little, I just took the Sunday school… Continue reading

  Perhaps I need to clear things up a bit. There does seem to be some confusion. When I post something on social media or write it in these blogs of mine, I’m writing what I think, not necessarily what… Continue reading

 Happy Easter everyone. I got my hollow chocolate rabbit, by Palmer, the cheap chocolate company, an Easter tradition. I remember getting one of those Peter Rabbits every year along with jellybeans and dyed eggs. Those are the staples of an… Continue reading

 What are the cornerstones of freedom? Many scholars have written extensively about all of that. They have done so since the ability to write was created. In America we often cite our founding documents as the definitive list of those… Continue reading

 Was reading a question sent to the New York Times. I left my comment and was immediately told how wrong I am. You see the question was being asked by this woman that had been having an affair with this… Continue reading

 I was talking with my wife about the evening news shows on television today, how you can watch nonstop for two hours. I was remembering when I was a kid the news was a half hour program. Where I grew… Continue reading

 Do we get signs from heaven, from the other side? I believe that we do indeed get those signs and signals even when we aren’t conscious of that. You can call it a hunch, a premonition, instinct or something else… Continue reading

 And once again it was in the news, drag queens. I really pay little attention to those stories and so don’t know all the details, but the drag queens were upset by some new ordinance prohibiting them from a public… Continue reading

  I write these blogs in the hope that others in the future may read them. Sure, I want them to be read today as well but I’m thinking their value lies in the future, if they have any value… Continue reading