Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free…

It seems like God is always proving how much better he is at lifting up the downtrodden than man is. The Children of Israel, the early Christians, the United States, all of whom seemed destined to live a very short time to be swallowed by a bigger, older, better equipped military force that literally promised […]

Reinventing ‘heroes’

I read this on the “Arrow” Goggle site today: Reinventing the DC Comics character, the Arrow is not a superhero … but a hero — every bit as dangerous as the criminals he’s hunting. After being marooned for five years on a remote island, billionaire Oliver Queen returns home with a mysterious agenda and lethal […]

Surviving Abuse

Please ignore this post if you want to avoid political issues: Once upon a time, not so long ago as it now seems, I was in an abusive relationship. What I saw then, I see now in Washington. Before I had committed to this relationship, I thought, quite naively that with nothing but hard work […]

The Pride Cycle

A long time ago, I recognized a pattern. Maybe I recognized it because I was taught it in Sunday School, but it should be pretty evident for those who have studied history. In Sunday School, they called it “The Pride Cycle.” Historians would call it they cycle of civilization, or some such (like such as). […]

Book of Mormon Stories (that my lover told to me)- Blurb

Thee I Love Joshua had been wounded in the Civil War much more deeply than his splinted arm indicated. He wouldn’t lose his arm, the Army doctor had assured him of that, but he might have lost his soul. He was raised a good Quaker boy, his mother was even a Sunday Meeting Leader, and […]

Blurb for Superstition: Raging Bull (my urban fantasy novel)

In the Superstition Series created by Noelle Campbell, not only are the Greek gods real, but Cupid has been busy. Mortals have completely mismanaged this ‘love’ thing on their own and so he is busy with his latest project. He’s picked the perfect haven for his ambitious plan to rebuild his power, influence and reputation. […]

The Information Is Out There

What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty & Learning, each leaning on each on the other for their mutual and surest support? – James Madison Information leads to freedom. It has always been so. When North Korean Concentration camp prisoner, Shin Dong-hyuk, decided to try and escape, it was […]

What Happened to Common Sense?

When Thomas Paine wrote his book “Common Sense,” no one disputed what common sense actually meant. While some may have objected to Paine’s application of some common sense to political actions, no one argued that his actions were common sense. The argument at the time was, much like it is now, that common sense must […]

Winter in the South

As the leaves fall with the gentle breeze and roll down the rooftops to hit the pavement of the sidewalks and patios of the neighborhood, it sounds just like rain. It’s a warm winter evening in houston, texas. it’s about 70 degrees as we sit and try out our firestarters, rolling paper to make logs […]

What the Movie “Brave” Teaches Us About American Values

The recent Disney/Pixar release “Brave” –a story about a Scottish princess and her quest to “change her fate”– is full of many nuggets of wisdom worth consuming. Here are just a few: “Legends are lessons, they ring with truth.” “Are you willing to pay the price that your freedom will cost?” Don’t use others lives […]