I posit, that adults find comfort believing that their numerical age testifies to their level of maturity. A delusion perhaps, that they may be immune from common childhood emotions. In fact, we know, that adults can feel rage in levels … Continue reading →
This post is a provocation with the aim to stimulate private discussions about college, and, what qualities of colleges [or a college] are so cherished. With increasing growth of interest in higher-learning (being an academical) across much of the world … Continue reading →
Dear friends, For Christians, so much in our life, is less critical in our learning, than understanding the Word of God as Christ wants us to. So many of us (including me) are learning HOW to interpret the new covenant … Continue reading →
On February 27, 2000, the Los Angeles Times newspaper published the amounts that some prominent people and that some non-prominent people earned that year in dollars. In that insert, called “Parade”, the following figures were told: “Deion Sanders, age 32 … Continue reading →
A few brief comments about a major recent boxing match: Mayweather vs. Conelo, hosted recently in Las Vegas, was a match-up in boxing, that played out in the ring for the maximal number of rounds. While watching a significant amount … Continue reading →
Dear reader. Thank you for your interest in my blog. I find growing numbers reading my posts and that is great! It encourages me to speak evermore! I have recently “auditioned” with “wordpress.com” to permit advertising. While advertisements can be … Continue reading →
According to multiple recent local California news sources, [“on July 16, 2014, federal judge Cormac J. Carney – (Jones v. Chappell), ruled a death penalty sentencing”, stemming from years ago, now “unconstitutional”]. This case was re-opened after the petitioning of … Continue reading →
Many of us in the United States have heard differing theories surrounding the late princess Diana’s death. Tabloid journalism also supports the rumors that get passed on as though they are reliable and conclusive – though containing maybe an ounce … Continue reading →
You did it! Congratulations team Germany, 2014 World Cup champions.
Continue reading →Have you ever heard someone contend “that there is no monopoly on truth”? There is one truth. People and ideas compete to be the prevailing truth and the source, but there is one truth and source, that wins. In our … Continue reading →
Asked “to renounce her Christian faith or be killed by hanging”, the Sudanese government is reportedly holding a pregnant female physician and her young boy captive in Sudan, according to a US news break today on radio frequency 99.5. The … Continue reading →
Big money donors in America buy its elections it is said. Can the next “bought election” be the only way that the alternative to the current “representational government” is restored? If campaigns are financed, can an election ever be truly … Continue reading →
The relentless obsession that “tax-and-spenders” exhibit, is clearly self-serving and does not serve the public well at all. A state economy crippled already, with skyrocketing college tuition fees, makes the burden heavy on young families. So, why would anyone (supposedly … Continue reading →
Is there any reason to fear TTIP? A recent news journal about “TTIP” (which stands for “Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership”) asserted that the negotiations taking place right now between the USA and the EU, may in fact leave most … Continue reading →
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10802935/Father-of-German-exchange-student-shot-dead-in-Montana-criticises-US-gun-culture.html This story breaks my heart. A young person, with good will, comes to a far away nation (the United States) to share his culture and a part of his youth with a host family in Montana, on a student … Continue reading →
I ask a simple question that will likely spurn many many answers unfortunately: Why does Ukraine not wish to join NATO, now that money has gone to Ukraine and Russia has withdrawn forces deeper into Russia? After crimea voted to … Continue reading →
My sympathy to those of you who are facing death sentences in Egypt, at the hand of your court system.
Continue reading →There’s an active Turkish politician by the name of Abdullah Gull who looks like US actor George Clooney! They look like distant brothers! Have you seen pictures side by side? The Turkish politician has a bigger chin and a few … Continue reading →
Can we agree in our dialogues to refer only to younger than 18 as “child”, as in adolescent or younger? There’s been common enough usage of the term “child” in referring even to adults as “children”. It’s muddling the integrity … Continue reading →
Will the United States feel one iota of indedbtedness to Europe for it’s going along with DC’s plan of imposing sanctions on Russia? Europe has far more to lose economically by cutting ties with Russia than the United States does. … Continue reading →