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Under pressure

UNDER PRESSURE

Today, as never before in the last half century, people are under pressure, serious pressure. Those in Generation Z (born 1995-2012) or even older generations before this one, and the current Alpha generation, feel stressed and squeezed. A once-in-a-century pandemic interrupted the education and social development of Zoomers for several years and our society is still not back to normal. Zoomers may not have jobs, and if they do, their jobs may not provide a living wage for them and their...

Sailors take warning

SAILORS TAKE WARNING

Have you ever heard the old adage “Red skies in the morning, sailors take warning.  Red skies at night, sailors delight?” Perhaps you read it in the Bible (Matthew 16:2,3)? An adage, itself, is a short statement with an element of truth. For more than two millennia this bit of folksy wisdom has been passed down among mariners and their kin. And, there is actually science behind this. In the mid-latitudes, a red sunrise at sea can mean that a...

A Night To Remember

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

There’s something about Madison Square Garden that draws attention.  I could not help but notice it several months ago when Deena and I were in NYC.  It is often the site of national political party conventions such as it was in 1976, 1980, 1992 and 2004, and it also serves as a sporting venue.  In 1971, the “Fight of the Century” between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier was held in the Garden.  Today, the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers keep the...

LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS

LAND OF HOPE AND DREAMS

This afternoon I plopped on the couch while my wife Deena was watching a rally where former President Barak Obama was speaking. It was in Wisconsin, that he was just concluding his remarks. The repeated rounds of applause were positively thunderous. As he was about to introduce Vice-Presidential candidate Tim Walz (D), Bruce Springsteen’s voice could be heard in the background singing “Land of Hope and Dreams.” Springsteen has always been a favorite musician of mine, at least since “The...

Do not believe every spirit.

DO NOT BELIEVE EVERY SPIRIT

The World Population Clock estimates that there are almost 8.2 billion souls on Earth.  No doubt, it uses a simple algorithm weighing births against deaths and showing a net gain over time.  But is that the end of it?  Are things as simple as that?  In his famous work, Paradise Lost, poet John Milton (1608-1614) wrote: Of course, just because the famous muse penned this doesn’t mean that it is true.  Yet, each of the two testaments in the Bible seems to suggest that there was more than...

SECOND AMENDMENT BLUES

If you follow my blog, you’ve already read this post. And, regretably, you’ll see it again and again in the coming weeks and months. Just with different photos, the names of different schools, or towns, and the different number of dead and wounded. Talk to your elected representatives and senators, or those running for Congress. Democrats in Congress would be very eager to speak to you about banning assault weapons. The’ve been trying to to this for decades! Before Uvalde...

Ballots, not bullets

BALLOTS, NOT BULLETS

It’s been barely four hours since the assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump while he addressed a rally in Butler, PA, a small town with a population of barely 15,000 people. At the moment, we know that the shooter is dead as well as an attendee at the rally. Two more attendees were critically injured. But we know nothing about the identity or motive of the shooter. Those who follow my blog know that I am not enthusiastic about Mr....

Lyin' Eyes

LYIN’ EYES

Super Tuesday, the biggest political event in the presidential primary season is upon us. If past is prologue, expect a greater turnout among people who identify as republican than those who identify as democrat.  Expect a large evangelical turnout. Expect that Nikki Haley, for all her grit and gumption will lose every event on Tuesday.  And expect that many self-described but utterly discredited “prophets” will dust off their failed predictions of 2020 to state what is clear to most Americans already:  That Donald...

A TODOS NOS DUELE A VECES

I was listening to REM’s song “Everybody Hurts Sometimes” (A Todos Nos Duele A Veces) the other night. It put me in a reflective, almost somber mood.  I stared at this photo of a young Latina in custody at the U.S. border.  She no doubt has overwhelming problems and pain, as do other young people in America. I tried to put myself in her shoes to understand how she feels. She cannot leave the facility in which she is warehoused.  She cannot leave...

GIVING TO CAESAR WHAT IS CAESAR’S

There is a news story in the most recent issue of National Review (NR) that caught my eye. I’m sure that many of you might have seen it yourselves if not there, then elsewhere. The headline on the NR article is: “Former Kentucky Clerk Ordered to Pay $260,000 in Legal Fees after Refusing to Issue Marriage License to Same-Sex Couples.” Kim Davis was the former County Clerk of Rowan County, Kentucky, and she was elected to be the clerk in...

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