Living in the greatest country ever invented by the human mind, a country that was never ruled by any royal personage (someone believing the country was theirs by divine decree – hereditary or by violence), a country designed to be governed by the people and for the people through elected representatives, embodying the rights that […]
A Day to Unite the Civilized World – Again
November 13, 2015 Vive la France et les Français. Today, November 15, 2015 – the French Air Force has made their appropriate response to Radical Islamic terrorism. This is mine. […]
Freedom of Speech & the Tyranny of Cyber Opinion
When I was a young writer, my mother gave me good advice: “Never put in writing what you don’t want people to read.” Now that I am employed in a law office, that advice is reinforced on a daily basis. Every word must be scrutinized with the matters of law and interpretation firmly in mind. […]
On the Approaching 12th Anniversary of 09/11/01
“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” “The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.” —Dietrich Bonhoeffer I have always been a political and social […]
Writers & Freedom of Speech
“I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” François-Marie Arouet, (1694 – 1778) There can be no more important sentiment than Voltaire’s commitment to the freedom of speech. Once we have lost this, we have committed ourselves to imprisonment of mind, soul and […]