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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
Inside accomplices threaten democracy.
American vice–Un-American, Anti-American
Wow! This is a combination worth listening to.
New York Times guest editorial by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt,
reprinted in Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Sept. 2023
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