There have always been debates between expediency and ethics. Generally, in America, doing what is expedient is considered the opposite of doing what is ethical. Many, if most times, that is true. But, is it always true? Or, at least, is it ever the lesser of two evils? In the hit TV show “MASH,” whose […]
Archives for December 2016
Moderates and Liberals, please just stop already
I voted for Sen. (ret.) Hillary. I did not vote for her because I liked her, but because the choice to vote for President-elect Trump was not a live choice for me for many reasons. I wanted Sen. Bernie so badly! This post is not about those reasons for my vote. This post is about […]
Published on Dec 15, 2016 Both a Nativity and a ‘Snaketivity’ are going up on the State Capitol, Thursday. The Satanic Temple of Detroit is putting up its controversial display on the same day that Rick Jones, of Grand Ledge, will put up his Nativity. This is the third year in a row the dueling […]
Cubans and their coffee
Cubans love their coffee. They love it so much that a gathering is not truly a friendly gathering unless there is Cuban coffee. In fact, I could even say that a gathering has no true Cubans in it if there is no Cuban coffee. I swear that a Cuban gang member would serve Cuban coffee […]
Bathsheba, revenge, and some further thoughts
In 2009, I wrote two posts on Bathsheba and David. The first one was https://www.orthocuban.com/2009/03/bathsheba-inkblot-test/. I wrote a follow up post the next day commenting on Bathsheba’s revenge in the sense of her ending up becoming a type of Mary. But, there was some further revenge that Bathsheba had. Her first son dies; it is […]
Questions about the CIA (and others) report on election hijinks
Over the last couple of days, news were released by unnamed sources on how the CIA (and other security agencies) all allegedly agree on how Russia hacked e-mails and only released selected e-mails in order to help President-elect Trump. Most readers know that I lean to the liberal side significantly more than I do toward […]
I saw Santa Claus again this year — 2016
I saw Santa Claus again this year at the VA Medical Center where I work. He was wearing his red coat trimmed in white fur and wearing his peaked hat. He was tall and thin and African-American. He had no beard and he walked with quite a spring in his step. As he neared me, […]
Orthodox priest and martial arts
There are no particular theological points being made with this video. Simply enjoy yourselves.
Rahab and the household of God
I have been reading about Rahab the harlot. Her story is impressive. She lived the first part of her life in all the wrong ways. Yet she is mentioned in the Sunday of the Genealogy as one of the great great … grandmothers of Our Lord Jesus. Saint James says of her that she was […]
