A Life (Before and After)
Breaking It Up in Chunks – I notice that I think of history in “chunks.” I divided the history of the United States into three Republics, each approximately 80 years in length. And now I am considering my own life. It has divided itself into four parts – quarters. In 1975, my son was born,…
A Word from the Hopeland
Me, Myself, and I – We can blame Sigmund Freud for waking us up to the possibility that there is more going on inside us than we know. He gave us the subconscious, the Id, the Ego, and the Superego, and set a great many people to rummaging around in the attic of the mind.…
A Word from the Hopeland
The Handbasket – When I was around 31 years old, working for the government as a G5 IRS minion, I went to see the pastor at our church, not really able to articulate why. I said, “Considering the way things are going in the world, I figure that I should either go into the handbasket…
A Word from the Hopeland
Stony the Road – A teenage boy rolled into town. He was alone. He had no friends. His mother was taken out of Missouri in the dark chaos of the war – never to be seen again. So this young man moved across the middle of the country. Drifting with purpose. If he failed, he…
A Word from the Hopeland
The Failure of Homeland The United States has been ridiculously entangled in Western Asia since the mid-1930s. That probably has something to do with oil. It also has to do with a deep distrust of Islam. It also has to do with wanting a secure place for Jews. And it has produced an endless mess.…
A Word from the Hopeland
Hope is Where the Heart Is What I am about to write will probably not sit well. Over the last 250 years, America has moved through three Republics: 1776 – 18651866 – 19451945 – Now We are at the end of Republic Number Three.We may well be at the end of the United States of…
What’s with Black History?
I don’t know about you, but it’s not uncommon during Black History Month to hear someone ask, “Why don’t we have a White History Month?” I normally don’t interject my thoughts or respond. But I do have a few thoughts… Looking back on my education, I didn’t feel like anything was missing – at the…
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