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December 2017

December 27, 2017

The Hypocrisy Gene

Nothing irritates a hypocrite more than hypocrisy. Perhaps Americans hate hypocrisy so much because it...

November 2017

November 27, 2017

The Myth of the Good Ol’ Days

There is a fundamental part of us that seems to yearn for something in our...

November 02, 2017

An Indelible Stain

No matter what happens from here on out, it feels the damage is done. We...

October 2017

October 25, 2017

The Tectonics of Rioting

For days, the city was a disaster area. When the news broke, the bubbling magma...

October 10, 2017

Better next time: A prayer for leadership

“I pray Heaven to bestow The Best OF BLESSINGS ON THIS HOUSE and All that...

September 2017

September 16, 2017

Skeletons in Our Closet: Coming to Grips With Unpleasant Branches in Our Family Trees

When it comes to history, nobody's hands are clean.

August 2017

August 25, 2017

I’ve Had It With the Lost Causers: The Cause of the Civil War Matters

More than 150 years after the end of the Civil War, historians still debate what...

August 19, 2017

Blessed are the Peacemakers–a Message for the Resistance

Photo: Washington Star-Bernie Boston (1967) When you see them, it is easy to let rage...

August 18, 2017

The Message about Racism that I Took from a Movie You Probably Didn’t See

Sometime in late 2015, I began to hear a buzz about a Civil War movie...

August 16, 2017

Taking on the Sticky Topic of Removing Confederate Monuments.

The issue on the surface of the terrible events in Charlottesville, Virginia is nothing...

August 11, 2017

Hitching Our Wagons to Madmen–A Prayer for Sanity

...for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and...

July 2017

July 28, 2017

Manifest Destiny-Doing the Unsavory Work of God

The image above is the most famous work of art depicting Manifest Destiny. The John...

July 27, 2017

Sure, the N.R.A. is a joke, but guns don’t kill people, lack of empathy does

There are things about me that don't fit the mold of someone you'd expect to...

July 26, 2017

The Liberty Bell Curve: It’s Time for Centrists to Act

It's been said that we live in a post-truth nation wherein emotion trumps logic and...

July 13, 2017

It’s Time to Eliminate Political Parties

This was never supposed to happen. Our founding fathers didn't want political parties. They consistently...

July 11, 2017

Indoctrination Games: The Ongoing Battle for Control of the Historical Narrative

A friend recently sent me a link to an article in a Philadelphia-based website--ironic that...

July 08, 2017

A Simple Proposal to End Congressional Insider Trading

The other day, a friend posted an article on Facebook about how some Republicans in...

June 2017

June 17, 2017

How an Old Couple’s Impatience with God Led to a Centuries Long Feud–a Jerry Springer-ized History Lesson

You don't need to believe in the the spiritual nature of the the Bible, Torah,...

June 11, 2017

How the 4th Day Undermines Young Earth Creationists

Genesis 1:14-19 reads: 14 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of...

May 2017

May 21, 2017

Should we take down Confederate monuments? It may be more complex than it seems.

Recently, New Orleans has been in the news for the controversial efforts, led by Mayor...

February 2017

February 23, 2017

7 + 45 = History’s Odd Couple…The Similarities between Jackson and Trump

When Donald Trump was elected President, quite a few people asked me which former POTUS...

February 16, 2017

Was David Rice Atchison President for a Day?

Ever heard of David Rice Atchison? Unless you are a real history nerd, I doubt...

February 04, 2017

Dealing with Demons at Monticello

All of us have flaws that we try to mask from others. Nobody wants to...

January 2017

January 24, 2017

The Message of the Marchers

Donald J. Trump took the oath of office and was inaugurated as the 45th President...

December 2016

December 29, 2016

Swept Up in Nostalgia by the Longs of Long Hollow and Lori’s Broom

Nestled into a hollow on a Hawkins County back road in the mountains of Upper...

September 2016

September 18, 2016

Oh Say Can You See…That Kaepernick is Demonstrating What is Great about the U.S.?

You certainly don't have to follow football to know who Colin Kaepernick is. The NFL...

September 18, 2016

The Hypocrisy of Flags. You Can’t Have it Both Ways.

A close friend of mind sent me this meme today that he had seen on...

May 2016

May 25, 2016

Monumental Reflections–Random Thoughts from the National Mall

I recently had the pleasure of visiting Washington D.C. with almost 100 8th grade students....

February 2016

February 09, 2016

7.4 Billion Worlds

Do you sometimes feel like you live on another planet from everyone else? Maybe that...

January 2016

January 29, 2016

#7 with a Bullet: The Mystical Relationship between Andrew Jackson and Ammunition

There has been considerable controversy recently about removing Andrew Jackson from the $20 bill. There...