– I offer these quotes from past presidents. George Washington: “It is the DUTY of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to OBEY His will, to be GRATEFUL for His benefits, and humbly to IMPLORE His protection and favor.” – October 3, 1789 President Washington began the practice of delivering annual messages… Read More »
American Black History Month
I (re)post this every February for obvious reasons. I hope you’ll read the entire blog. You will be blessed and inspired. ***** February, as most Americans know, has been designated Black History Month since the nation’s Bicentennial in 1976. It grew out of what was then called Negro History Week, which was established in 1926… Read More »
Pandemic
To state the obvious, the past year was a dumpster fire … aboard a train wreck … hurtling over a cliff … into a school of Great White sharks. I am writing this on January 21, 2021, one year to the day since the first confirmed case of COVID-19, the virus that started in China… Read More »
Enough
[The following is an updated re-post of a blog I wrote and posted originally eight years ago . This also appears as Chapter 39 of my book, Random Observations of an Orderly Universe.] ***** Most of the time I begin these blogs on a light note, something that will hopefully whet your appetite and cause… Read More »
The Ghost of Abraham Lincoln
A persistent legend says the ghost of Abraham Lincoln roams the halls of the White House. Many, including Grace Coolidge, wife of President Calvin Coolidge, claim to have seen the 16th President. Mrs. Coolidge said she saw him standing at a window in the Oval Office, hands clasped behind his back, looking out over the… Read More »
Thoughts on Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter From A Birmingham Jail”
Every year, as we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, I recommend reading his remarkable “Letter From A Birmingham Jail.” I am recommending it again this year. This letter, written April 16, 1963 from a jail cell in Birmingham, AL (and substantially redacted later), is convicting, inspiring, and motivating. I point out a few highlights… Read More »
Winter Solstice
[This is an updated version of a blog I wrote a few years ago at this time. I hope you enjoy it.] ******* I don’t like it. How’s that for a short blog? Well, actually it’s more of a love-hate relationship. I hate how short the days are; as I mentioned in my “Summer Solstice”… Read More »
George Washington’s 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation
Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me “to recommend to the people of the United States… Read More »
What Do We Have to be Thankful For?
Note: I wrote this blog a few years ago and repost it every year at this time. This year – this incredibly difficult, challenging, draining, maddening, unprecedented, never-ending trial of a year – while we have had to deal with problems none of us have ever had to confront before, we have also been reminded… Read More »
Only in Miami / Only in America
Mondays are my day off, so last Monday afternoon I went to vote at the Coral Gables Library. (The miamidade.gov website said the wait time was 00.00; turns out not everything you see on the Internet is true. Who knew?) But the line outside wasn’t too long, and pretty soon I was inside waiting to… Read More »
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