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The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be: Happy End of the Old Year and a Better New Year
Happy New Year (Art by Judy) “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” Abraham Lincoln http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uo0JAUWijM Well finally we come to the end of the year 2011. That being said we can … Continue reading
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Smaller than Life: The Thin Skinned, Petty, Small Minded and Visionless Political Elite and what we can do to Change the Political Culture
“Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not … Continue reading
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Reflecting on the High Water Mark of the Confederacy and the Importance of Our Union
Yesterday was the 148th Anniversary of Pickett’s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg. There is a spot near the Copse of Trees along Cemetery Ridge which is referred to as the “High Water Mark of the Confederacy.” It is the … Continue reading
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A Meditation for the First Sunday of Lent: Be Anxious for Nothing
“Deliver us, Lord, from every evil, and grant us peace in our day. In your mercy keep us free from sin and protect us from all anxiety as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Savior, Jesus … Continue reading
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A Tangled Web of Friends
“I will speak ill of no man, and speak all the good I know of everybody.” – Benjamin Franklin “Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide … Continue reading
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The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare
Hagerman, Edward. The American Civil War and the Origins of Modern Warfare. Midland Book Editions, Indiana University Press. Bloomington IN. 1992 Pickett’s Charge Displayed the Futility of Napoleonic Tactics Against Modern Weaponry Edward Hagerman postulates in The American Civil War … Continue reading
