All historical references, especially American history
This week, we have seen disaster in both Afghanistan and Haiti. On the surface, they would seem to have very little in common, besides both being desperately poor countries. Also, the US has been involved in both countries for a long time. If we look closely, however, we see similarities which may partially explain what …
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This year, filled with uproar, health crises, heat emergencies, corruption, as well as new friends and places; what has kept me grounded, "my Inspiration", is knowing that I still live in the Greatest Nation on God's Green Earth. The United States of America, and its great history, has been my inspiration. Even when I get …
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Before we get going down some back-country roads, let me disagree with one of the quotes that Tina used in her post this week. Liberty is not a privilege, it is one of your God-given Rights. Let's return to those unforgettable words of the Declaration of Independence: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that …
Continue reading Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #158: Back Country Roads. Enjoy your Liberty!
Ahhh, getaways. When you're retired, you can schedule a getaway whenever you want, since every day is a weekend. However, I just had to do this one first, as a response to Tina's photo. Hers was the outside, and mine is the inside of the Denver airport. In 2015, we went to a Hillsdale College …
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We all know that the movie, Gone With The Wind, was about the Civil War, and its effects on some wealthy families in the Deep South. That movie is perhaps the best-loved movie of all time, and it is forever fresh. Generations of Americans have viewed the film, on every possible screen, from huge IMAX …
From my Ricochet friend Rodin. I could not have said it better myself. Please read, and comment. The nation is in great danger and the problem and the solution is the same: party politics. Political parties are vehicles, not ideology. They can be tuned up and powered like race cars or left in disrepair like …
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..to the Flag, of the United States of America And to the Republic for which it stands. One Nation, under God, Indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for All. We hung out our new flag today. The enduring symbol of the United States, the Greatest Nation on God's Green Earth.
In 2020, every single town in Western Washington cancelled their Independence Day celebrations, parades, and fireworks shows, due to Government restrictions on "gatherings" of people. Even outdoors, the risk of spreading the Wuhan Coronavirus was too high to let the people celebrate perhaps the most important holiday on the calendar in America. This just added …
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The Declaration of Independence is perhaps the most momentous single document in American history, and maybe even in the history of Western Civilization. In July of 1776, after long deliberation by a group of remarkable men, they laid out the many reasons for the decision to separate the thirteen colonies from Great Britain, and by …
A Ricochet friend did a post about "saving our children" from the malign "transgender movement". She mentioned the fact that today, many teenage girls don't like being girls, and maybe that sentiment could explain the popularity of the "transgender" movement. [scare-quotes used to indicate the falsity of transgenderism] I took it a step further, and …
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