Soul Infections

  Soul Infections Have you ever thought about what life was like without all the technological advances and the fast doubling and re-doubling of knowledge? Have you considered how life events shape your attitude and emotions? Why you are upset much of your waking moments? Why good news reawakens your latent capacity for positive behavior? […]

A New Destiny

A New Destiny      On Friday, January 20, 2017, the United States writes the first chapter in its new destiny – what should be the peaceful transition of National power, the swearing-in of a new president, Donald J. Trump.     With this inauguration, America ushers in a new destiny with a man who […]

Reality and Truth

  Reality and Truth – An Imagined Discourse in a Democracy – Socrates – You say ‘the world is not fair’. How is the world not fair? Citizen – There is inequality in so many facets of our lives. Socrates – Why do you think that is so? Citizen – Because the wealthy control our […]

A World I Once Knew

  A World I Once Knew  An Informal Thesis Behind those stern faces in the faded picture above, there is a stoic acknowledgement of the times in which my Mama and Papa lived. Behind their stern expressions there are compassion and love. They likely didn’t know too much about cameras and picture-taking back then.   […]

When a Leader…

When a Leader… When a leader denies the urges of greed and trappings of gold to do what is right for the nation he leads, the people will always win. When a leader stands by what he/she knows to be morally right, when a soft compromise does not damage the true essence of a law, […]

Inequality

Inequality Lovely room! Speaks of opulence and success! Am I envious? Sure! Would love to have such a room in my home – it’s magnificent and its beauty draws you in. My envy does not bring me to a point of anger and hatred for the person who owns this room. The occupants of this […]

Peace on Earth

‘Space ship after space ship landed on the scarred and lifeless earth…’

The Ferguson Incident

The Ferguson Incident My words cannot mean too much, but I feel them so I write them… A young man lost his life in Ferguson, Missouri some months ago. The young man was black, nearly three-hundred pounds, high with pot and on some sort of personal rampage. He stole some cigarillos in a convenience store, […]