I have thinking a lot about the French Revolution of the late 1700s lately. I have also been thinking about other revolutions: the Russian Revolution, The Chinese Revolution, even our own. I have been thinking a lot about how the things that happened then are reflected in the events that

Now the car that I drive is a 2006 Nissan Sentra. A couple years ago I misjudged the distance while I was parking and broke off a piece of my front passenger side bumper. I have not had a chance or the money to get it fixed. So I have

John Horse was a Afro-Native American born in 1812. He was a member of the Black Seminoles in Central and Southern Florida. He grew up under an occupying army (the United States) and was treated by the Americans and by the Seminoles as something like a 2nd class citizen as

A few weeks ago, I pulled up my recommendations for Youtube.  I like to hear about the details about different movies and the stories behind them and in the list of recommendations was a video about Stanley Kubrick’s making of the Shining and some theories about the symbolism that he

By James Riordan As a hospice chaplain with Allegheny Health Network, Wray Fanton has spent most of his life helping people deal with traumatic situations and, as such, is a very relevant interview subject for our Men of Value series. I asked him how his values have affected his life,

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My father passed away a long time ago in 1988. However, he wrote notes to himself all over his many notebooks and folders. He wrote a note to himself on one of his file separators that I had set and framed that read, “Remember, its the little things that count!”

The Man-Thing creature in the Marvel comics was one of my favorite characters. I loved the mystical nature of the character and the interesting supporting characters.  I also love the idea that he is neither good or bad. The story of the Man-Thing revolves around a scientist named Ted Sallis

I have been surprised about how well I have been handling this quarantine and the fear of contracting the Coronavirus. But the truth is that I have been more concerned about what is going to happen in 8.5 years when Apophis makes its pass. Apophis is a meteor that will

Today, with the Coronovirus, we are all under a lot of stress. We are all looking for answers and expect those in authority to have answers they just don’t have now and they may never have. A lot of people are looking at me for answers that I do not