Author Archives: jackpelham

When someone makes an error on Facebook,He might be a highly-moral-and-intelligent personWho has simply made an error―And who will not only gladly thank you For bringing it to his attention,But also correct it forthrightlyAnd avoid making it again―

Some obsess over the future, In a panic to know what will happen. And some obsess over the present,Beside themselves to understandWhat’s going on.

I’ve been working on this title question for over 12 years, but I’ve never taken a stab at putting all the answers I’ve collected in one concise article until now. The goal of this article is to be brief, while … Continue reading →

If you talk hard about this world’s need for truth telling―or better yet, if you do some telling of hard truths in the specific―it will likely not be long at all until some diligent churcher shows up to make the … Continue reading →

I’m sorry that I don’t have statistics for this, because I know that impressions can be inaccurate. Even so, it seems to me that I am detecting some important and troubling society trends that need the immediate attention of an … Continue reading →

Do NOT tell him the truth about himself!Are you CRAZY??? It is the very monster from which he has beenHiding all of these years.And if YOU bring it up, just think How unfair and cruel that is! You owe it … Continue reading →

There he stands, recently disemboweled By the razor-edge of your rhetorical question,And all he can think of at this pointIs to insult your swordsmanship,Demanding that a better fencerWould elaborate.

They lean so hard on their surrogate certainties,Putting their faith wherever they mayTo keep at bay the vexing question―That destroyer of worlds―That unsettler of minds―That upsetter of apple carts.

Somehow, he had gotten the ideaThat he was using his own brainTo do his own processingOf the things he would discuss.

It was his chiefest aim in lifeTo be like everyone else,By which he most certainly did not meanThose who are unlike everyone else,But only those who are like everyone else.