Evil is a concept foreign to many in our world today. When bad things happen, many times there is an effort to explain why such events occur. Some reasons given…
Month: November 2017
Once hundred years ago, on November 6, 1917, the Bolsheviks under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin (né Vladmimir Ilich Ulyanov), took over the government of Russia, creating the world’s first…
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Today I have a quiz for you. On October 4, 2017, four U. S. soldiers were killed in the nation of Niger. Before this incident, could you answer these basic…
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One of the beautiful aspects of life is the unlimited diversity in those people we meet, sometimes diversity in our own families and communities. These differences are so great because…
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The Democratic Party seems to be careening down a road to destruction as a major political party in the United States. Leaning farther and farther to the left in a…
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Two of my previous essays were about the Great Men of American history. You can easily anticipate the reaction of Jane — “Where are the women?” So, even though it…
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