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. …
How Does History Happen?
Ralph Waldo Emerson suggested that all history is biography. In other words, notable historical events are triggered by the thoughts and actions of one…
I Brave the Beast in its Burrow
My state of the art home alarm system created quite a stir around here today. The screen screamed LOW BATTERY-REPLACE. I knew the battery…
The New Global Crisis
I know a man who is in love with his wife, daily renewable and incremental. As mystifying as this might sound I have seen…
Chicken, Egg or Omelette
Evolution. Creationism. Evolutionary creationism. Creative Evolution. Science has moved along quite well since the Age of Enlightenment. I think scientific discovery is a journey from…
The Most Unique Man in the World
I just received a phone call that my cousin’s first born child had passed away. Scott was thirty-nine years old and was one of…
It’s the Little Things that Count
I’m a collector and, I think, a rather eclectic collector. My addiction began when I was eight. Stamp collecting…the young boy’s introduction…