32 D, 35’ N; 35 D, 11’ E

The very last book in the Bible is Revelation. Revelation has a well-earned reputation of being highly symbolic in that many people cannot completely understand (even people who have written books about it.) If, while walking down a road you meet someone who claims to understand every single verse and nuance in the twenty-two chapters of this book, you might best just keep walking. The Apostle John did not write the book in some secret, Gnostic or Da Vinci code....

Eve of Destruction

EVE OF DESTRUCTION

“Take a look around you boy, It’s bound to scare you boy.“ July 1965 July 1965 was a cool 75.5 degrees Fahrenheit U.S. wide, much milder than we see today in July. A month earlier on Gemini IV, astronaut Ed White became the first American to “walk in space.”  The U.S. Civil Rights Movement continued to gain steam in America thanks to leaders such as Dr Martin Luther King and the Reverend Ralph Abernathy. A sympathetic President Lyndon Johnson had...

The unforgiving servant

THE UNFORGIVING SERVANT

  • January 30, 2025
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A migrant or refugee from another country who enters the U.S. illegally for the first time commits a misdemeanor under 8 U.S.C. § 1325 (cited below for the readers convenience.)  Repeated illegal entries are felonies, however. This is an important area of law to the point I want to make in the “Parable of the Unforgiving Servant.” Findlaw explains the difference: “A misdemeanor offense is a less serious crime than a felony offense. A felony offense is the most serious crime you can...

Things we see and hear

THINGS WE SEE AND HEAR

This is a post on two unusual terms (pareidolia and apophenia) plus one other phrase which speaks for itself: auditory hallucinations. So, why am I discussing these terms at all and why now? The answer is that our society is currently stressed. And as the people in our society becomes unnerved, people on the margins of our communities are sliding or being pushed towards mental health issues. These issues include depression, anxiety, eating disorders and other psychological ailments. Many are...

The canary in the coal mine

THE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE

Today, we have all sorts of sophisticated monitoring devices.  We have ways to measure the amount of mercury in tuna fish, or radon in our basements.  We have warning alarms for our homes to measure dangerous gas leaks.  But these devices are fairly new.  Before that, we used animals to alert us of a problem. These animals were among a classification called sentinel species.  I remember seeing dogs with high school students pass me in the hallway on their way to their next class. These dogs...

HEROD DEMANDS APOLOGY FROM JOHN

The Jerusalem Journal, 24th of Tevet, 3761 Tetrarch Herod Antipas demanded an apology earlier today from the Essene known as John-the-Baptist. The Essene stands accused of publically condemning the Tetrarch for sleeping (zitzn tsuzamm) with his sister-in-law in violation of the Torat Moshe or Mosaic Law. The Essene, who is also known as a prophet in Yisrael among his disciples spoke at a dedication which was attended by the Tetrarch and his Court. John did pronounce Herod as breaking G_d’s...

Of Bishops and Archbishops

OF BISHOPS AND ARCHBISHOPS

Where to begin?  We are all riding on a bullet train at the moment.  We’re on the Shinkansen, traveling by rail at 200 mph and trying to point out specific landmarks or scenes as they whoosh by, but we are another twenty miles down the track before we can even finish our sentence.  Meanwhile the conductor smiles and says “Enjoy the ride.  We’ve only just left the station.” And that light on the track ahead of you that’s rapidly closing in? That’s an oncoming train....

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