May 29, 2016
“By the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets of iron have fled, Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead: Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment-day; Under the one, the Blue, Under the other, the Gray.” — first stanza of “The Blue and the […]
Tags: 1866, 1868, 1966, 1971, American flag, Americans killed in war, Arlington National Cemetery, Carbondale, Civil War, commemorating American military who died in war, decorating gravesites, Decoration Day, federal holiday, flowers and flags, Francis Miles Finch, General Order No. 11, Grand Army of the Republic, honoring fallen warriors, John a. Logan, May 30, Memorial Day, National Moment of Remembrance Act, North and South, red poppies, The Blue and the Gray, Uniform Monday Holiday Act, Waterloo
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May 22, 2016
“Though prosecutors and judges may well make discriminatory judgments, such decisions do not account for more than a small fraction of the overrepresentation of blacks in prison.” — James Q. Wilson and Richard Herrnstein, Crime and Human Nature Once again (as I did here, here, and here), I would like to cite from Jason L. […]
Tags: black behavior, black crime rates, black criminality, black cultural attitudes, black free will, black leaders, blacks in prison, breaking the victim mindset, criminal justice system, discrimination in the courts, Education, ghetto attitudes, gun control, high black incarceration rates, Jason Riley, liberal policies make it harder for blacks to succeed, liberal progressive policies, Michelle Alexander, overrepresentation, personal responsibility, Please Stop Helping Us, poverty, racial profiling, racial stereotypes, racism, The New Jim Crow, unemployment
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May 15, 2016
“Where there is no guidance, a people falls, but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.” — Prov. 11:14 (ESV) A couple weeks ago, I presented my picks — suggestions and preferences, not predictions — for President, Vice President, and Executive Cabinet. Unfortunately, Cruz and Kasich have now suspended their campaigns and Trump is […]
Tags: Administrator of the EPA, Administrator of the SBA, Ambassador to the United Nations, Arthur B. Laffer, assistant to the president for Science and Technology, Ben Carson, Cabinet-level officers, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, Chairman of Council of Economic Advisers, Chief of Staff, Christopher C. Horner, Condoleezza Rice, Cornelius Hunter, Dinesh D'Souza, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, Executive Branch, Executive Office of the President, Frank Gaffney, Herman Cain, Linnet F. Deily, Mike Enzi, National Security Advisor, potential Cruz administration, Rand Paul, Republican administration, Rita Hayes, Roy Spencer, Rudy Giuliani, Stephen Moore, Surgeon General, Thomas Sowell, Tom Price, Trade Representative, Vern Poythress, Walter E. Williams, White House
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May 8, 2016
“16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” — II Timothy 3:16-17 (ESV) Not quite sure how to categorize this post. It is part review of a specific […]
Tags: awkward wording in Bible verses, Bible accuracy, Bible translations, Bible versions, comparing Bible version formats, Crossway, English Standard Version, ESV, Heritage Bible, paragraph-style, Reader's Bible, single-column
Posted in Religion |
May 1, 2016
“I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I’m in a Cabinet meeting.” — Pres. Ronald Reagan I have been giving this some thought, off and on, for many months, but with the recent announcement from the Cruz campaign of his potential running-mate, I decided I […]
Tags: Allen West, Ben Carson, Bobby Jindal, Cabinet of the United States, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, Condoleezza Rice, Cruz/Carly, Cruz/Fiorina, Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Education, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of State, Department of the Interior, Department of the Treasury, Department of Transportation, Department of Veterans Affairs, Executive Branch, John Bolton, John Goodman, Michael T. Flynn, Michael Williams, Newt Gingrich, Oliver North, potential Cruz administration, President, Rand Paul, Republican Cabinet, restructuring, Rick Perry, Robert Rector, Scott Walker, Stanley McChrystal, Steve King, Ted Cruz, Tom Graves, Trey Gowdy, Vice President, White House
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