My early influences on writing are Charles Dickens, Rod Serling, Simon and Garfunkel lyrics, and this description on the back cover of...

  photo from BBC For all of us, especially those in military, public office, or otherwise, who have taken an oath to defend the Constitution...

    historyincharts,com I claim Fair Use Well before Karl Marx was born (1818), yet longer before he published his Communist Manifesto (18...

     Are you, as clergy or laity of a United Methodist Church, looking for a way to transform the world? I encourage teaching the Social Pri...

    Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Colossians 4:5       Granger Good Shepherd United Met...

    Did you realize that the words “So help me God”, spoken by Presidents as they take the required oath or affirmation of office, are not...

  I was not a Black Sabbath fan. I had heard of them and their recordings but such musical tone and subject matter of lyric seemed a bit har...

      My sister Vickie and I enjoyed attention. Though autumn is my favorite season, summertime reminds me of my very young days when agilit...

      Next year, July 4, 2026, the United States will celebrate its semiquincentennial of separation from Great Britain. As sensational is...

  My wife, a continuing observant of anthropology and human behavior in general, is a proponent of the idea that the clothing we wear serves...

  The July 20, 1969, moon landing gets so much attention that I thought I would give a moment of recognition to the Apollo 10 mission which ...

  I don’ photo from america250.org I don't intend to throw cold water on a warm campfire, but also, I don’t want folk to have unrealisti...

  Picture from LBJ Presidential Library I post this writing as a citizen expressing my own personal views which are not to be construed nor ...