Archive for July 2023
Of stone and heart
Nomocracy is government based on the rule of law. Rule of law is defined by Britannica as “the mechanism, process, institution, practice or norm that supports the equality of all citizens before the law, secures a nonarbitrary form of government and more generally prevents arbitrary use of power.” This concept of government is designed to…
Read MoreStupidocrisy: Insanity of liberal thought
A recent drag queen march in New York City found activists chanting, “We’re here. We’re queer. We’re coming after your children. Two recent news stories also demonstrate the insanity of liberal thought. The UK Sun dreports that teachers and parents have been warned by a government-backed safeguarding group not to over-react to schoolkids identifying as…
Read MoreThe American Chronicles: The whole of mankind
It was June 30, the beginning of our long-awaited beach vacation with Ed and Christine, friends we have done so with for some dozen years. This year was special because we were traveling together in our travel van and doing an overnight at a campground less than five miles from Virginia Beach before moving on…
Read MoreBiden battles to censor free speech
A censorship-by-proxy lawsuit brought by attorney generals in Louisiana and Missouri resulted in an injunction against a host of federal agencies and their staffs pressuring corporations to censor protected free speech. Judge Terry A. Doughty of the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in a July 4 ruling banned certain government agencies from…
Read MoreThe White House cocaine mule
Cocaine was found in the highly secure and closely monitored West Wing of the White House. The White House invoked the Hatch Act to avoid answering whether the cocaine could belong to Hunter or Joe Biden. The Hatch Act primarily prohibits “employees from engaging in partisan political activity while on duty, in a federal facility…
Read MoreGot Zeal
The Archbishop of York, a major leader in the Church of England, last week told the organization’s General Synod that the Lord’s prayer was “oppressively patriarchal” because of the reference to “Our Father” at the beginning of the prayer taught by Christ. The July 7 report from GBN, a Great Britain news network, quotes Archbishop…
Read MoreThe Farm Chronicles: The sisters I never had
I grew up with two older brothers—Chuck was 14 years older than me, Larry is 9 years older. So, it was like being an only child. My brothers were all grown up and mostly out of the house by the time I was old enough to be fun. That’s one of the reasons why my…
Read MoreLashon hara and the talebearers—not a rock band!
Christians and conservatives get riled up pretty easy over the deliberate weaponization of the news, the falsehoods, half-truths, lies, insinuations, agenda pushing and just plain political intolerance and ideological bigotry by the news media and the liberals. We are living in a nation where the meanest, most outrageous, and inaccurate things can be said about…
Read MoreStupidocrisy: Delusional Deprogramming
There are a lot of stupid things being done in this world by self-proclaimed smart people. We see it every day. The lack of common sense, common decency and common manners has become, well, common. In fact, it is a phenomenon and when it becomes institutionalized, I would say it is Stupidocrisy. We especially see…
Read MoreRemembering the American Revolution
On this day of our Independence from Britain, it may be helpful to be reminded of the sufferance of the Founding Fathers and what was going through their minds as they decided to take on the most powerful political and military force on the planet. They said, “A Prince whose character is thus marked by…
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