From the moment that the Chinese Communist Party took power in 1949 to today, the track of the country has followed closely with that of the Soviet Union. From the famines during War Communism and in the Ukraine in the Soviet Union to the famines in China during the Great Leap Forward. From the purges […]
We often either unnecessarily rip apart famous people like jealous little wannabes or like obedient, simple-minded sycophants lavish undue praise on them. Although no one is a perfect example, Lebron James is one of those famous people who receives both extremes. Lebron is, in my opinion, someone who has his faults and failings, but he […]
History has a way of repeating itself. Not in all the details certainly, but common themes recur over and over. Western journalists reporting from Marxist dictatorships being blind to their gatekeepers crimes is certainly nothing new. Someone should create a prize named after Walter Duranty of The New York Times. Certainly would be a lot […]
For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? Matthew 16:26 Why do so many multinational corporations seem so eager and willing to do business with the Chinese Communist Party ruling China? Is it […]
Much has been written about the difficult racial history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Only in June of 1978, in an Official Declaration, did the Church declare that “all worthy male members of the Church may be ordained to the priesthood without regard for race or color.” This difficult racial history […]
Can God’s messengers err? If someone claiming to be God’s messenger is to err, or falls into transgression, does that mean that the individual was not actually God’s messenger? Although, not directly on point, but indicative of what is to follow, first consider the words of Jesus himself when he was offered the praises of […]
Matthew Chapter 23, King James Bible Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, Saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens […]
Friedrich Nietzsche’s “The Madman” Have you not heard of that madman who lit a lantern in the bright morning hours, ran to the market place, and cried incessantly: “I seek God! I seek God!”—As many of those who did not believe in God were standing around just then, he provoked much laughter. Has he got […]
“Prologue: A Season in Hell,” Arthur Rimbaud Once, if my memory serves me well, my life was a banquet where every heart revealed itself, where every wine flowed. One evening I took Beauty in my arms – and I thought her bitter – and I insulted her. I steeled myself against justice. I fled, O […]
How did we get to where we are with Covid-19? Like many people throughout the world my professional and family life has been thrown into chaos and uncertainty by Covid-19, the virus that has rapidly infected peoples all over the globe in the last 3-4 months. I don’t believe that anyone has a clear understanding […]