Interlude #1

   I promised provocative snippets. These are from my daybook.  Every thoughtful person should have a daybook to memorialize their own provocative snippets. We are…

Soulless (pt 2.)

   Let’s discuss parental influence. Parents were once held responsible for rearing children to become mindful of their responsibilities; namely; 1. To be a loyal…

Soulless in America

   SOUL definition: “The spiritual, rational, and immortal substance in man, which distinguishes him from brutes; that part of man which enables him to think…

A Grim Fairy Tale

    [Billy, this is your bedtime story tonight.] Once upon a time, in a vacuum far far away, a little planet was born out of…

What Fresh Madness is This?

Here are some questions that have thrown the country into a tizzy fit. What is the meaning of gender? Does gender even have a meaning?…

The War Prayer

It was a time of great and exalting excitement. The country was up in arms, the war was on, in every breast burned the holy fire of…

Thoughts on the Real

   I have frequently made a certain statement that usually precipitates gasps of incredulity. I have said, and I totally believe, that all things real…

A is A

   I also collect words. In my younger days I made a living as a journalist. Words were my toolbox.  I love words. Words have…

The Power of One

   There is a man who exceeds all others for indirectly causing the deaths of uncountable millions. The actions of this one man precipitated the…

War…what is it good for?

This wholly wicked world drips evil Slippery like soothing aloe But burns men to kill their own likeness. A millennia of violence and more.   …