America has an outburst every time they threaten to disarm her of her guns. She needs them, she insists, in case she ever has to defend herself against tyrannical government.
“And is she planning to overthrow the government?” one might ask? No, she has no such plan.
Continue readingThe scholar can burn quite some time
Documenting all the ways to prove an obvious point
To those who have got their eyes shut.
I’m pretty good at some things.
At others, I’m terrible.
And if I were to spend even more time
Examining myself, it is my hunch
That I probably would have written:
I’m pretty good at a couple of things,
Mediocre at a few dozen,
And terrible at a great many.
OK, bye.
Unmanned and flailing wildly about—
Its nozzle opened all the way
And whipping with such force
As might kill the cognitive miser
If it were to strike him in the head—
When bad things keep happening and you ask that familiar question, “Why doesn’t somebody put a stop to this?”, here are a few supplemental pro-level questions you might also ask if you really want to know the answer to what you’re asking. If you are the reflective sort, these questions can make for hours of good contemplation and discussion:
Continue readingIf you were to ask me right this minute what thing Jack would like to fix about this world that might have the most surprising positive consequences in this beautiful-ugly world, I would say,
“Funny you should ask!”, because is it happens, I was just thinking about such a thing!
I dreamed I was woke.
And how awesome I was with my new wisdom!
And how rapturous our anthem in my ears!
We’re OK and you are not!
And I dreamed it was not a dream.
And if you had been there,
You’d understand.
To the one, Christianity is a status gained in a moment—
A door prize acquired simply for having been
In the right place at the right time—
A label by which to confirm himself henceforth—
A guarantee that nothing could go too badly wrong—
For as long as he himself does not peel off the label!
He declares himself a citizen of the eternal kingdom
While still living in his own worldly country
And counts it a fact on the testimony
Of his own say-so.
I hope you’ll listen carefully
As I lay out the hard truth about my enemy.
He is charming and kind
Attractive and affable
Good-humored and clever
Generous and frugal
Intelligent and wise
Creative and resourceful
Helpful and proactive
Responsible and conscientious
Diligent and successful in his career
A loving and devoted husband and father
A man about whom there are many things to love.
