Today (5 Oct. 2025) in church, one of the readings of the scriptures was Habakkuk1:1-4, 2:1-4. My version of the Bible is the King James version, while the version used at church is a more modern English translation, so my writing here at home differs somewhat from what was spoken today.Regardless, I wish to focus […]
Category: Essays
Democracy vs. Autocracy
I created a post in 2023 which I feel now is critically important for the American electorate to review. The post included excerpts from a guest opinion piece in the New York Times, written by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, professors of government at Harvard, “Democracy’s Assassins Always Have Accomplices,” https://www.nytimes.com/ 2023/09/08/opinion /trump-republicans-spain-brazil.html [accessed […]
I originally was planning on posting one essay on Wally’s and my trip from Montreal to Quebec then to Boston on a cruise to see the various sites in fall colors. We have far too many photographs; I have tried to whittle these down and have limited some images to Montreal and Quebec, but toget […]
Royal Family Privilege
The BBC series “A Royal British Scandal” explores Prince Andrew’s controversial 2019 interview regarding his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and allegations from Virginia Giuffre. While the show dramatizes events, it highlights the royal family’s privileged treatment and raises questions about the absence of discussion surrounding Giuffre’s victimization amidst the media focus on the prince.
In 2020, I wrote an essay that I feel is still crucial for Americans today, though our circumstances are vastly different. I titled it “A Psalm for Our Time.” I’m including it here A Psalm for Our Time “I’ve been given a book of psalms, selected and adapted from the Hebrew by Stephen Mitchell. […]
Congress, Where Are You?
In the midst of the furor over the president’s tariffs, Nicolle Wallace had couple of people on her MSNBC program, Deadline: White House, in which one of the guests specifically placed the responsibility of this chaos created by the tariffs upon our “do nothing” Congress. I propose you all write your representatives in the […]
Tariffs
An explanation of what tariffs really are.
Oh My!
Former Vice President, Dick Cheney, has committed to voting for Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential election. Furthermore, former Congresswoman, Liz Cheney, his daughter, has announced she supports Colin Allred, the Democratic candidate for Senator from Texas. Indeed, Mr. Trump has done more to strengthen the Democratic Party this election year than any other Republican […]
Threat to Democracy
Inside accomplices threaten democracy.
Election 2024 (#2)
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