McChrystal vs. Lee
Retired General Stanley McChrystal who never led troops in a winning war bravely threw out a picture of Robert E. Lee because his wife apparently made him do so. As a defense of the action… »
The Supreme Selection Supported by Senator Sasse and the Several Dwarfs
Why does congress have hearings for people who are paraded through their judiciary committee- noise for examination as to their qualifications. Quality of what? Those jobs, for example the Supreme Court Justices, certainly only require… »
Mule Breeding
“Why don’t you get a tractor? You could get more done.” “Don’t need more done.” “But you could get it done faster.” “Faster than what?” “Faster than that mule goes.” The Yankee machine man really… »
Fake News and Fake History
The “Fake News” appellation has been applied to just about every outlet that presents itself as something on the order of a news outlet, manned (yes–the word) by what are christened as journalists. The ill-use… »
July 4 Comes and Goes, but Doesn’t Square with The Swamp
“Living in Washington, you can’t take politics too seriously. I draw the line at honesty. I have no time for political hacks who say things they don’t believe because they get paid to.” Tucker Carlson… »
I Heard A Voice
They were standing at the ledge. Their view mirrored a panorama of buildings and smoke stacks. Great edifices, heaving asymmetrically, skewed with monster cylinders venting plumes of expended energy. The farms, the land, scarcely discernible,… »
Save the Souls of the Lords of Gray– in Eleven Stanzas
Oh! Save the souls of the Lords of Gray. Donned their swords and scabbards. Rode into cause valiant to pray. Ever still they cease from marching forth; Holding their cause against a vile North. Men… »
The Little Town with the Big Heart
If you travel I-20 east from Jackson, Mississippi, somewhere about 20 miles short of Meridian you’ll see a sign: Hickory Exit. This sign is one almost ad infinitum of green signs along a monster interstate… »
Judas and Jeff
Judas failed in his purpose because he failed to recognize the coming of Christ for what it was: The coming of God with His presentation, gift, of grace. Judas followed Christ, as an apostle,… »
