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THE WTC ATTACKS REMEMBERED

Like most Americans who were old enough to remember the events of September 11, 2001, I remember where I was and what I was doing. I had just finished a “zero hour” dual credit college class at a rural high school approximately twenty miles from campus. I had just pulled out of the parking lot and turned on the Dallas CBS affilliate radio station KRLD to catch up on the traffic and weather. KRLD would provide traffic and weather reports...

Augenblicke

The Cambridge Dictionary translates the German word Augenblicke as “moments, seconds, flashes, instants, jiffies, ticks.”  It is also translated as a “glance” or a “blink of the eye,” so it runs the range of being a fraction of a second (an average blink of a human eye lasts 1/10 of a second) to several seconds in the case of a casual glance. But a lot can happen in that time frame. Consider, for example . . . The Big Bang happened in a fraction of an...

Bible and gun

TAKING THE KINGDOM BY FORCE

[This post comes after The National Terrorism Advisory System recently issued a warning of heigthened domestic teorrist threat levels in the U.S., and subsequent comments today from Homeland Security Intelligence chief John Cohen.]. The subject of this post is taking the kingdom by force. There are verses in the Bible that are difficult to understand. For example, concerning Judas. Did he hang himself (Matthew 27:5) or get disemboweled (Acts 1:18?) Or, take Matthew 11:12. In Matthew 11:12 Jesus says: “From...

Faded American Flag Liz Cheney Ouster

EDITORIAL: FADED GLORY

Our political system lost a bit more luster today. Minutes ago, the Republican conference in the U.S. House of Representatives ousted their Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney from her position of leadership. Preferring to continue their fealty to a twice-impeached President instead of returning to their historical convictions that helped make America great for the better part of two centuries, they attempted to silence the daughter of a former Vice-President of the U.S. for speaking her mind. This came only...

Tulips on display in Albany, NY

TULIPS PUT ALBANY, NY IN FESTIVE MOOD

For the second year in a row, the city of Albany, NY is holding their annual Tulip Festival virtually. Customary activities such as luncheons, Dutch street scrubbing, the coronation of a Tulip Queen and the Royal Tulip Ball will be replaced with virtual programming, though music throughout the month will be live at different venues. Festival goers are free to wander among the tulip displays in Washington Park, and small, guided tours will be held on an appointment basis.  The remaining  activities...

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