I’ve published an annual Memorial Day tribute to our fallen for several years. I think military brass just doesn’t capture the solemnity of what Memorial Day stands for. So, this year I’ve added a more sober musical montage, which you can…
Category: American Exceptionalism
California…Proof that “Sky Determines”
This below is a letter I found from the son of prominent doctor in Springfield, Illinois, who had moved to California a year earlier, proving the notion that “Sky determines” the way a culture and society will turn out. If…
Memorial Day, 2021, With Special Prayers
Yesterday, I had lunch with my favorite surviving veteran, Command Sergeant-Major Fred Barnett, 88, and his adopted Korean son, Young. Regular YMCA patrons for about 4 years, they stopped coming when Covid shut down most of Fred’s activities there. Wheelchair…
His Lordship, Her Ladyship; the Crimes of Class
As we’re clearly seeing today, but have been witnessing the past 70 years, only without serious calculation, has been the growth of a class-based society not unlike that of the old royal systems of Europe. Once mostly observed in politics,…
When is Vigilantism Justified?— “Sky Determines”
I’ve often said that throughout all history “Sky determines” the rules men and their families have to live by when they move into a new place. The physical terrain; weather and natural enemies, define almost everything newcomers have to…