It is said that no child should die before their parents do: “No parent should have to bury a child … No mother should have to bury a son. Mothers are not meant to bury sons. It is not in the natural order of things. I buried my son. In a potter’s field. In a […]
On tradition and Holy Tradition
“Not everything in the Church belongs to its Holy Tradition for not everything in the Church is done by the grace of the Holy Spirit, and not everything in the Church pertains essentially and necessarily to the Kingdom Of God. Some things in the Church are just temporal and temporary things, merely human customs and […]
The hidden pitfall of using a meme
Memes are fun to use. But, if you are not careful, memes can come back and bite you. I saw one meme that said, “The problem with memes? Complex issues are reduced by idiots.” That is correct all too often. Worse, many memes that attempt to comment on a current event suffer from invalid or […]
Ivanka and media frustrations
I am becoming rather frustrated with those who attack Ivanka Trump. Recently, she has been attacked because she supports the #metoo movement, but snapped back at a reporter who asked her whether she believed the sexual accusations against her father. Comments have ranged from charging her with hypocrisy because she said that the question […]
Müeller indictments and social conversation
I have been reading some of the released information from the Müeller indictments. They point out how Russian hackers magnified the extremists on both sides in order to make their view more mainstream. They also fed conspiracy theories about Hillary and helped Trump by fomenting the “fake news” tags. Which should make all of us […]
When the repression and suppression continues
The news is out by now. President Trump has refused to release the Democratic memo concerning the ongoing investigation. The same person who claims to now be so concerned about information security was the same person who promised on the House floor to release the Republican memo quickly before he had even seen it. Since […]
Even our heroes, functioning legally, are not safe
“To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan.” — Abraham Lincoln, motto of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Nemo resideo (old Latin phrase) that came into the creed of the US Army Rangers as, “I will never leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands […]
Silencing Opposition
Yesterday, House Republicans released a memo they had written purporting to show that the FBI was tainted with anti-Republican sentiments. Allegedly, those sentiments crept into a live investigation and were used to request a warrant from the FISA court. The memo further intimates that had the judge known that part of the evidence used to […]
On us and sexual misconduct
Let’s be honest. Sexual misconduct is found inside both parties. It is found in Hollywood. It is found in churches. It is found wherever people have power over other people. Let’s continue to be honest. There have also been some cases in which various people used accusations of sexual misconduct to get back at someone. […]
Political self-justification
I am a ham radio operator. I have enjoyed this hobby for decades. So, this weekend I went to a ham radio get-together, a hamfest. It was in a country area of Alabama. I had great fun and met a lot of people. But, I met one person who left me aghast. As he talked […]
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