Author: mtc9393

In law school I took a course in Church and State. At the end of it I was as confused about the law in America concerning it as I was before I knew anything about it. There are two major schools of thought as to the meaning of the First Amendment that are absolutely contrary…

“Yes, Virginia, there is a Deep State.” “But, but, Matt, you always denied there was one. How can you now , , ,?” “I did not understand. Viginia. Yes, that’s it did not understand what they meant by the term.” “You always suggested that it meant there was some secretive sinister force located around Washington that…

Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving. No turkey for me this year. But will have all the trimmings with two chickens. Not that I have anything against turkeys but when I got to the store the cupboard was bare of the one I ordered. We do have much to be thankful for at this point…

G.K. Chesterton who tried to keep Christ in Christian pointed out: “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It has been found difficult; and left untried.” I always kept that quote in mind by thinking the problem with Christianity is that it has never been tried. What exactly does that mean. We…

On my post tomorrow about Christianity I came across an article by Kate Bowler who is a  an assistant professor at Duke Divinity School. She was born in Canada. She recently became ill with stage four cancer. I went to her Twitter account to see how she was getting along as a happily married mother…

I happened upon a tweet by June Diane Raphael (left). According to Wikipedia she:  “is an American actress, comedian, and screenwriter . . .  born and raised in Rockville Centre, New York,  to Diane and John Raphael, where she graduated from South Side High School in 1998. She is of Irish descent, and was raised Catholic . . ….