The video above comes from New Zealand. Three New Zealand soldier were killed in Afghanistan and their comrades chose to honor them according to New Zealand culture. I was not only impressed, but also brought to tears. Look at the video closely. … [Continue reading]
Enough with the weapons other than guns kill more people
Homicides by Weapon … [Continue reading]
Modern inability to think logically and classical education
The two cartoons above actually do go nicely together. In America, we are no longer required to do classical studies. After all, we are a practical people. We only need to know what is necessary to make things function. Unfortunately, there … [Continue reading]
O’Reilly’s The Last Days of Jesus Christ
Recently I finally finished reading The Last Days of Jesus: His Life and Times, by Bill O’Reilly. It was a book that I was looking forward to reading. Given Mr. O’Reilly’s spot on Fox News, and his defense of conservative causes, I fully expected a … [Continue reading]
A fallen angel
This is for the Doctor Who fans among us. I find these creatures to be the most frightening of all in the Doctor Who menagerie. No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also … [Continue reading]
Maybe this will help to vaccinate
Let’s see. Three months into 2014 New York City began to see an outbreak of measles. Last fall California reported the worst whooping cough season in 55 years. The herd immunity on which anti-vaccine parents have relied since the 1990’s is breaking … [Continue reading]
Unholy holy people
From a news story written by a professor who teaches at St. Tikhon’s in Russia. The biggest publishing news of recent years has been Everyday Saints (literally translated, Unholy Holy People), in which Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov), head of … [Continue reading]
Oh joy, oh dance, oh rejoice
We have three daughters, a couple of sons-in-law and all our grandkids here for Mother’s Day. The comic above expresses how I feel. Now, if only I could convince them that Father’s Day rates the same response. Sadly, it will only be telephone calls. … [Continue reading]
Good for the gander?
I am not a Kantian. However, a couple of the summaries above had me thinking of some of the events of the last couple of months. And, in particular, in a libertarian oriented democracy like ours, the third saying is a very powerful summary. “If you … [Continue reading]
Geographical accuracy versus inaccurate representation
We all have been taught geography in school and shown maps of the world. But, back in 1977, a man named Peters grabbed a map from an 1855 English clergyman, named Gall, and peddled it as his own map. Worse, he peddled it as a more “socially” and … [Continue reading]
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