Thinking about the time when I was in the Marines a long time ago (as you can tell looking at the photo and see what type rifle I was issued) I wonder what has happened to the country I love. There were no such things as Red or Blue states. There was the United States….
Author: mtc9393
The Two Prior Posts Were Introductions To The Boston Latin School Dilemma
Two days ago I wrote about tearing down the Symbol of Greatness by Boston’s Taliban and yesterday about the disaster the was Blîss. Both relate to the dilemma that now exists with respect to Boston Latin School (BLS) which was founded in 1635. The enhanced stream that fed it was composed of students who could…
Why Blîss Was Never Settled: The Need To Do Things Right
When this particular country was settled most who first arrived there set up their homes, governments and business in towns adjacent to each other along the coastline. One of them would eventually become the capital of the nation. The interior of the country was sparsely inhabited. As decades past and its population grew the capital…
The Boston Taliban: Tearing Down The Symbol of Greatness To Hide Their Failings.
“Mullah Omar ordered Taliban forces to demolish the Bamiyan Buddhas in 2001.” “. . . the destruction took several weeks, and the two figures “proved remarkably solid.” From Wikipedia: “The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two 6th-century monumental statues of Gautama Buddha carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley of central Afghanistan, . . . [81 miles] northwest…
Religious Sunday: A Simple Story I Read
Reading a book I came across this story “A Father Forgets” by W. Livingston Larned, I thought it would be nice to share it on Sunday. It serves as a good reminder. “Listen, son: I am saying this as you lie asleep, one little paw crumpled under your cheek, and the blond curls stickily wet…