Monthly Archives: February 2011
A Lack of Wisdom in a Sea of Facts
Dietrich Bonhoeffer “To understand reality is not the same as to know about outward events. It is to perceive the essential nature of things. The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in … Continue reading
Filed under christian life, philosophy, Politics, Religion
I Guess that’s Why they call it the Blues: Padre Steve’s Critique of Valentine’s Day
The Original Elton John Music Video of “I Guess that’s Why they Call it the Blues” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6KYAVn8ons Valentine’s Day can be a difficult holiday for those that are alone. After all, Valentine’s Day is marketed as a day to celebrate … Continue reading
Filed under marriage and relationships
Spring Training and the Integration of the Major Leagues
Jackie Robinson In April 1947 Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers had one African-American ballplayer at the Dodgers’ Spring Training site in Daytona Beach Florida. The Dodgers had been coming to Florida for years but had moved from Jacksonville to … Continue reading
The First Modern Destroyers: The Imperial Japanese Navy Fubuki Class
IJNS Fubuki The Imperial Japanese Navy set the standard for destroyer construction in the 1920. While the United States Navy and British Royal Navy were fully stocked with their First World War design destroyers the Imperial Navy’s General Staff issued … Continue reading
Filed under History, Military, Navy Ships
It may be Winter but Scent of Baseball is in the Air and Friends are taking the Field
We are under a winter storm warning here in Coastal Carolina. The winter has been pretty weird a few weeks back we had 5-7 inches of snow on Emerald Isle and the area around Camp LeJeune might get another 2-4 … Continue reading
Filed under Baseball, Batlimore Orioles, norfolk tides
The Last Full Measure: The Long Wars with more to Come
Fr Corby gives absolution to the Irish Brigade at Gettysburg as they stood in the breach I have been watching the events in Egypt as well as other parts of the world with concern. We live in very dangerous times. … Continue reading
Filed under History, iraq,afghanistan, Military
Once an Eagle: A Classic Novel of Military Life
“This classic novel of soldiers and soldiering ranks with Red Badge of Courage and All Quite on the Western Front as time-tested epics of war and warriors.”– John W. Vessey, Jr., Gen., US Army (Ret.) Sam Damon (Sam Elliot) cries over a … Continue reading
Filed under books and literature, leadership, marriage and relationships, Military, movies
Flush Decks and Four Pipes: The Wickes and Clemson Class Destroyers
USS Pope DD-225 The destroyers of the Wickes and Clemson classes defined the destroyer force of the U.S. Navy. In 1916 with the advent of the submarine as an effective weapon of war the Navy realized that its pervious classes … Continue reading
