I am a fifty-eight-year-old Christian, Conservative writer, currently making my living as a mailman. I love Jesus, my wife, my cats, America, guns, comicbooks, STAR TREK, STAR WARS, and pretty much all things nerdy.
I’ve written many times before about collectivism vs. individualism, and I’ve made no secret about which side I’m on. I’m for people to be who they are, believe as they wish, and say what they want. Everyone is free to be an asshole, but if your nose gets bloodied because of your douche nozzlery, that’s your […]
I wrote this piece about a year ago. Over the past several months, but especially over the past few days, I’ve been viewing the level of discourse in this forum with increasing dismay…and frankly, contempt. Safely insulated behind their keyboards, decent, civil, rational people have become increasingly shrill, self-righteous and smug. They call for unrest, […]
A while back, I was told that my world-view, while sincere, is close-minded and lacks objectivity. Perhaps, there’s some truth to this, but I ask myself on a daily basis, “What if I’m wrong?” I strive to be intellectually honest enough, that if I’m proven wrong, I move to where the truth is. My beliefs […]
Back in the ’90s, I worked as a security officer in an Emergency Room in an inner-city Chicago hospital. Every day, I’d put on a uniform, pin a piece of tin to my shirt and stand in the gap to protect the lives, safety and property of those in my charge. I saw carnage, smelled […]
With the signing of Heartbeat Laws in Alabama and Georgia (ironically, right after New York and Virginia passed fourth trimester abortion), The abortion debate is once again taking center stage. Social media has been flooded with memes, videos, advocating for both sides, leading to conversations on the subject. I’ve been involved in a couple myself. […]
Every year, as part of my Memorial Day observances, I watch war movies. This evening, Eileen and I watched The Enemy Below, starring Robert Mitchum as Murrell and Curt Jurgens as Von Stolberg. Murrell is the captain of a US Navy destroyer and Von Stolberg is his opposite number, aboard a German U-boat. The first […]
Scott Ott requested more movie related content from me, so here’s a piece I wrote a year ago, commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars. This is the 40th anniversary of the release of Star Wars: Episode IV, A New Hope. Or as we called it back in the day, Star Wars. Apparently, the thing […]
You know what? I consider this to be one of my Social Media outlets, so I’m gonna share my thoughts on things that aren’t necessarily political. I love movies. Here’s a review… My wife Eileen and I Finally got around to watching The GUARDIANS (the Russian superhero film). The characters are fairly stock (the Melancholy […]
I saw a meme that a Facebook friend posted, which read, “Don’t judge me by your standards, unless you want me to judge you by mine.” I completely understood the intent of the meme; virtue signaling, disguised as profundity.The problem is that everybody does this, all the time. Via our own standards and understanding of […]
The United States of America is a country unique in the history of the world. It’s the first and only country to be based not on an ethnicity or language or religion or a geographic location, but rather, on ideas. Principles that enabled us to become the freest, most prosperous, most powerful nation in the […]
When I was a youngster, I got bullied. A lot. I was slight, scrawny, bookish and not terribly intimidating. As a result, I was seen as an easy target. And I was. Due to the abusive situation I faced at home (my father was an alcoholic and an abuser, my mother was an alcohol abuser […]
Since the last presidential campaign, and President Trump’s promise to build a wall on our southern border, I’ve seen several memes showing a Church and a Capitol building with a large brick wall between them, and the caption “Build THIS wall”. The context is always the same. “Keep your filthy Christianity away from my precious, […]
*Sigh* Another day, another smug gun control post. I’m getting very tired of being lectured to by self-righteous, self-satisfied cretins, who haven’t got even the most basic knowledge of firearms or gun laws. Thanks to Hollywood, the media, liberty hating politicians, and the Gun Control Lobby, most people hear the term “semiautomatic rifle”, and think […]
It’s been about six weeks since the Parkland Incident and since then, I’ve tried to encourage honest, constructive dialog on the subject of firearm ownership. I’m not going to do that anymore. I’m done trying to persuade. I’m eulogizing, now. It has become increasingly apparent to me, that the anti-gunners are not interested in civility […]