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July 2018

July 05, 2018
Some books stay with you and influence all you do. When I was a boy,...
July 04, 2018
We are in hard times and the famous, our elite, have failed us utterly. That...
July 03, 2018
We should be kind and the kind man does not shout at the people he...
July 02, 2018
Civility in civil society is good as party manners are good, they keep a decent situation...
July 01, 2018
In fifth grade I learned that big kids could be dangerous. The nerdy kids in...

June 2018

June 30, 2018
“Winning is it’s own justification,” say many about to commit a monstrous act. For a...
June 29, 2018
Picking Up My Shattered Pieces is the book you should take with you on vacation this...
June 28, 2018
My idea for a summer blockbuster: Could Philosophy Woman defeat the villains Money and Acclaim...
June 27, 2018
My wife Hope, The Fairest Flower in all Christendom, gave our daughters an unbendable rule:...
June 26, 2018
Americans have many good traits:  we like practical solutions, but every virture has a corresponding...
June 25, 2018
Don’t bellow. Do discuss, argue, be passionate. Unleash bellowing and you have let slip the...
June 24, 2018
Work for a tyrant and if you survive, you learn a great deal, but at...
June 23, 2018
Politicians in a republic are not usual natural aristocrats. To get enough people to vote...
June 22, 2018
Saint James said of the rich and powerful: Is it not the rich who are...
June 21, 2018
A just man cannot harm anyone. That command seems impossible or at least Utopian: the...
June 20, 2018
With God’s blessing, we can go from seeming to be good to being good. The...
June 19, 2018
Socrates made many people mad and ended up dying for his love of wisdom. His...
June 18, 2018
The thoughtless often go looking for a thought by quoting someone thoughtful. We receive a...
June 17, 2018
“Never surrender.” The underrated classic Galaxy Quest gets a laugh from the motto, though the...
June 16, 2018
I have a great dad, many people (I have discovered) do not. A great father...
June 15, 2018
A small child can get cookies from the cookie jar, even if she should not,...
June 14, 2018
Satan cannot produce blessings and so his ancient trick is to make blessings a snare....
June 13, 2018
Work at a non-profit and you will eventually meet The Big Head: the person who...
June 12, 2018
“Even a good man will find it difficult to cope with old age in poverty.”...
June 11, 2018
America is a young country in love with youthfulness. We do not honor the old...
June 10, 2018
I am in the youth of old age. So says my mother and she is...
June 09, 2018
When I was a boy, there was an expression about someone who had too high...
June 08, 2018
Summertime! When I was a little boy, I was blessed to get the long days...
June 07, 2018
Democracy dies in the light looking around for edutainment, hoping for an enlightenment that is...
June 06, 2018
I love the song Rene and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog after the War. Two...
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