In the book of Genesis we read, “The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. And the LORD God commanded the man, ‘You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die” (Gen 2.15-17). Then the text says God made Eve... Read more
Most Christians have believed that after Jesus was crucified he died, rose from the dead on the third day, was seen by his disciples on occasion, that forty days later he ascended to heaven from the Mount of Olives as his apostles watched him go. All of this is in the New Testament, in Acts 1.1-9. Most Christians also have believed that Jesus literally will return to earth someday, bringing the kingdom of God with him in all of its... Read more
Two hours ago, Bryson DeChambeau won the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village, near Columbus, Ohio, in a three-man playoff on the second playoff hole against Kyle Stanley and Byeong Hun An for Bryson’s second win on the PGA Tour. He admitted in the televised interview that his tee-to-green game was not spot-on this week, especially today, but that he somehow got the job done with his short game. He was elated to win the one tournament on the PGA Tour... Read more
For me, definitely not. After losing game 1 in overtime to the Golden State Warriors, Cleveland Cavaliers superstar Lebron James was answering questions in the televised press conference and then walked out before journalists had finished questioning him. It was obvious that this was a tough loss for him. He had just scored 51 points to place him in about sixth position for the most points scored ever in an NBA Finals. So, he played a great game and they... Read more
Yesterday, past U.S. Open champion Justin Rose shot a six-under par 64 to win the Fort Worth Invitational at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. He won by three strokes with a 260 total for the 72 holes of regulation play over current U.S. Open champion Brooks Koepka. This is the oldest golf tournament on the PGA Tour that is still staged at the same golf course. It started there right after WWII, in 1946. I played in that... Read more
During the nineteenth century, some European archaeologists, especially from Germany, did seminal archaeological work in some of the most significant tells in the Middle East. One result was that they uncovered ancient city ruins and removed artifacts. These antiquities treasures usually wound up in European museums where they have remained until recent times. However, there is a movement going on to return these valuable artifacts to their countries of origin. No nation in the world has more ancient ruins and... Read more
Thursday, heads of the 28-nation member states of the European Union (EU) met and denounced U.S. President Donald Trump’s removal of the U.S. as a participant in the nuclear agreement with Iran, called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). The other participants in that agreement are the UK, France, Germany, EU, Russia, and China. The EU said it will stay in the agreement. During Trump’s campaign for president, the author of The Art of the Deal repeatedly said JCPOA... Read more
Yesterday, the Republican-chaired Senate Intelligence Committee, in a major disagreement with the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee, announced that it was in full agreement with the U.S. intelligence community–such as the CIA and FBI–that Russian government operatives under the direction of Russian President Vladimir Putin seriously tried to disrupt our 2016 presidential election to get Donald Trump elected and therefore for Hilary Clinton to lose. Both Republican chairman Richard Burr and Democratic vice-chairman Mark Warner issued statements about this. Yet President... Read more
I think Thomas Friedman, who is Jewish, is one of the best American journalists. And he usually gets it right about all-things-Israel. Two days ago, he sounded off about U.S. President Trump’s inauguration Monday concerning the removal of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to West Jerusalem. He says Trump was a “sucker” for doing this. He alleges that Trump did not make “the art of the deal”–the title of Trump’s book–but “the art of the give-away.” Friedman concedes that... Read more
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court made sport gambling legal in all fifty states by declaring unconstitutional a 1992 federal law known as Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) and thus ruling against the NCAA in the case Murphy v. NCAA. The Court therefore dismissed arguments by the NCAA, professional sports leagues, and even the Department of Justice. Thus, each state will be able to decide whether sports betting is legal or illegal and regulate this business accordingly. Of course,... Read more
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