Actually, Sensei said to me, “O-meh no kimochi kankeh neeh, yo!”, which is Okayama Dialect for the title of this essay.
At the time, I was a misty-eyed liberal, just graduated from college. The statement was shocking to me, I (for once) was at a loss for words! Thank Goodness, I surely would have […]
My “Senpai”, ‘elder apprentice’, and I built a kiln while I was in Japan.
Not long into the process, we ran into a big rock, right where the kiln was to go. We tried to move it with a backhoe, it was too big; we tried to dig it out, but it seemed to be […]
Borrowing from Hippocrates: “First, Do No Harm.”
We can summarily dismiss as unethical the actions of those who harm others, whether for personal gain, through negligence, or through base spite.
“Second, be sure that what you are doing is good.”
We will all correctly discern, on Judgment Day, whether we have been right or […]
Recently I purchased a gun. I completed the forms, until I got to the line that asked for my “Social Security” Number. The form emphasized that this information was (boldface) VOLUNTARY. The salesman told me it was voluntary on the federal form, but in Tennessee that information is required.
Dirty, cynical “shell game”. “Land of […]
[Bugsy and Daffy, holding hands as they skip off to the courthouse]: “We’re gonna have a wedding, we’re gonna have a wedding!”
[Elmer Fudd, addressing Yosemite Sam]: “OOOOHH, that wascally wabbit’s gonna mawwy a duck! Theyre gonna push the ‘Wed’ button, I told them never, never push the ‘Wed’ button”!
Both sides correctly call […]
Many Christians question atheists’ motivation to do good and refrain from doing harm, as the latter do not believe there will be repercussions for their actions and omissions on Judgment Day. The Christians may have a point, but cannot the same objection be raised against them, if they believe they’re already “saved”? The phrase “Sunday […]
All of the above involve taking Life, which can only be granted and sustained by God. Further, incarceration falls into the same category because it is the taking of somebody’s Free Time, which again can only be granted and sustained by God.
I encourage you, Dear Reader, to Pray deeply and thankfully every time you […]
Point 1: The Constitution does not grant to the federal government authority to “educate” anybody. Congress, in arrogantly usurping this authority, assumed a burden it cannot bear: it must decide what shall and shall not be taught. If Congress decides it is proper to teach “sexual education”, it then must decide the syllabus, as […]
All religious organizations that accept 501-c-3 tax exempt status agree not to use the pulpit to propound political points of view, although only some are held to this standard by the Media and, more notably, by the IRS. That is, they sell their prerogative to speak for “501-c-30 pieces of silver”.
What preacher is […]
Abramoff, Cunningham, Rottencrookski, FBI’s recent “Tennessee Waltz” sting, the list is sickeningly long.
Why do we not hear more about any of them? Only one reason seems plausible, the same reason that Gingrich didn’t have anything to say about Clinton’s cigar embarrassments, even when those embarrassments extended to accusations of perjury and subornation of perjury. […]