All the World’s A Stage by Rob Pue
Shakespeare once wrote the: “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” Indeed, today, all the world is a stage.
American Citizen
A Letter of Thanks by Sean Dietrich
A letter by American Citizen Writer, Sean Dietrich, giving thanks to God
Thanks G.I. Joe
Nov. 26, 1863, (FREDERICKSBURG)—Dearest Brother, I suppose you are having a good time this Thanksgiving, eating plum pudding and chicken pie and cider. I hope you are, at any rate, for I want you to enjoy yourself. I should like to be with you, and I know you would like to have me, but alas …
Dear Sean
Sean Dietrich receives a poignant letter of abject grief, and answers as only one of our great American writers and sages is able to do.
Memorable ‘Memes’ by Citizen Writer, Rob Pue
While it’s sad that so few people are now willing to take the time to read a ten- r fifteen-minute article in full, I’ve come to realize that “memes” can play an important role in this age of instant information sharing.
WW1, WW2, Cold War or Something Else?
With all the recent conflagrations: Russia-Ukraine, Gaza-Israel, worries of China-Taiwan; a recent discussion among some of my classmates posed the question of whether the current world situation is analogous to the run-up to WW1, WW2 or to a new Cold War.
Robert Pue: This Is Your Brain On Drugs — Any Questions?
As I go about my business around town and to various parts of the state and the country, everything looks so very different from the America I knew as a kid and young adult.
War Angel, by Sean Dietrich
“I know what I saw,” said William. Mister William was old when I interviewed him years ago. Ancient, actually. Mid-nineties. Bent and pale. A television was playing in the background of his nursing home apartment. Old people like to have televisions playing in the background. It’s like having company. “It was World War II,” William …
This Veterans Day, by Sean Dietrich
The Bevill Center was packed. The parking lot was slammed. Families of all kinds gathered in the auditorium for this upcoming Veterans Day, to watch their fifth-graders put on a concert.
Brenton Smith On Social Security; Myths vs Realities
The discussion of Social Security reform is the modern day manifestation of the Tower of Babel, where everyone has a fact that is someone else’s myth largely because each language comes with its own set of facts.
Sean Dietrich: Bad Grammar
I get a lot of comments about grammar. And after having studied the subject for years my ownself—mainly by reading thousands of critically acclaimed cereal boxes—I’ve decided to answer questions from a readers who inquire about various grammatical errors in my work nearly every day.
Sean Dietrich: Meeting Michelangelo
Michelangelo’s statue of David draws four thousand visitors each day the museum is open. Which is about a million and a half visitors per year. They come from all four corners.
Rob Pue: This Is Your Brain On Drugs-Any Questions?
But now we live in an age of extreme narcissism. People are addicted to their phones and social media. In their minds, they derive their value as human beings by the number of followers they have.
Maura Moynihan: The Normalization of Anti-Semitism…is Racism
New York City, America’s biggest metropolis, home to America’s largest Jewish population, a place where Jewish history and culture has long been celebrated, where Jews who escaped the Nazis were given refuge, is now aflame with antisemitism.
A Concerned American: Truly Understanding Jihad
The ultimate goal of Islam is world domination where all humans are devoted followers of Mohammed.
Rob Pue: Either You’re Serious, Or You’re Not
The troubles people are struggling with today are many, as they try to navigate through this sinful, fallen world the best they’re able.
Rob Pue: Knowledge of the Truth is Essential
Christians should know, truth is so very important, especially today, when just about everything you hear and see is deception.
Sean Dietrich: Your Life
This morning I started thinking about you. Mainly, I was thinking about what you’re going through right now. Whoever you are.
Jester6: Attack on Israel and 9-1-1; It’s Much Worse
Many people are comparing what happened this weekend in Israel to 9/11. The comparison is made in good faith, but it falls short. I don’t think many non-Israelis understand how deeply personal this is to the average Israeli.
Jes Beard: What is a Moderate?
For many being moderate, meeting in the middle, or having a determined goal of moderation is a desirable option.
Except that it is not.