I recently bought Amazon’s new Amazon Fire TV. I’m an Amazon Prime user, and they sent me an offer to buy it for a lower than listed price. You know how it goes. I clicked and made off with it. Part of the sell line on the Amazon Fire TV is how easy it is to hook up. However, for those of us who are using Lazarus tvs from early in the century, that’s not exactly true. We have a... Read more
Every public figure has groupies of one sort or another. Pope Francis looks more startled than I’ve ever seen him when he’s surrounded by his groupies. Read more
They are not people to us. They are ghosts of what once was people like us. Somebody birthed them, taught them to write those signs they hoist and how to read the hours of operation on the signs in front of public buildings. Read more
I’ve been sick as the proverbial dawg these past few days. I managed to put together a couple of posts, but then I fell back into bed and pulled the blankets over my head. I’m not feeling all that great today, either, but I have roused myself from my coughing and hacking and moaning and complaining long enough to realize that there’s another oddball “scandal” about the Catholic Church leap-frogging around the internet. From what I gather, a cathedral in... Read more
The city of Washington, DC has passed two laws that directly attack religious freedom. The first is the ironically titled Human Rights Amendment of 2014. According to Catholic News Agency, … the Human Rights Amendment of 2014, forces religious schools to recognize persons and groups who might conflict with their stated mission and allow them use of their facilities and benefits. For example, a Catholic school would be forced to officially recognize an openly-gay student group and could not deny them... Read more
This year is the 100th anniversary of what is often called “The Forgotten Genocide,” which is the Armenian Genocide. This slaughter of Christians by the Ottoman Turks occurred during World War I. Together, the formed the kick-off for the bloodbath that we remember as the 20th Century. I’m going to write about the Armenian Genocide after Lent. The Vatican Archives are a source of information about this forgotten genocide of Christians. From Catholic News Service: Vatican City, Mar 20, 2015 /... Read more
More than 100 people were murdered by the bombing of a Shiite Mosque in Yemen. This highlights something that Americans in general have been ignoring. Much of the conflict in the Middle East comes from warring factions within Islam itself. This bombing marks the first attack by ISIS within Yemen. From USA Today: Suicide bombers killed more than 130 worshipers in two Shiite mosques in Yemen’s capital Friday, one of the deadliest attacks in the war-torn nation’s history. The bombings... Read more
One of the most fun things about leaving legislating behind and taking up writing has been the switch from heavy-duty computing to boutique computing. The reason that’s fun? Because I like to buy certain things: Shoes, purses and techie stuff. I actually enjoy trying out software and reading about it and figuring out what will work the best for what I want to do. So, it’s been a kick, tossing out Microsoft Office and Filemaker Pro and loading up on... Read more
This Lenten Prayer of St Ephrem goes back to the 4th century. Read more
My former colleague, Representative Todd Russ, recently passed a piece of legislation, HB 1125 that would move issuance of Oklahoma marriage licenses from court clerks to clergy or judges. Under Oklahoma law as it presently stands, court clerks, who are elected officials, issue marriage licenses. I think that the bill is a response to lawsuits against court clerks around the country who have not issued marriage licenses for gay marriage due to their religious belief. It appears to be an attempt... Read more
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