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First Principles: A New Commandment I Give To You, That You Love One Another, As I Have Loved You, That You Also Love One Another
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another.” – (John 13:34)
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Thought For the Day: Christianity, If False Is Of No Importance, and, If True, of Infinite Importance. The One Thing It Cannot Be Is Moderately Important
“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and, if true, of infinite importance. The one thing it cannot be is moderately important.” – C.S. Lewis
Forbidden Colors
Forbidden Colorsby Michael DoyleIn the forbidden colors of the sheltering skySome composers aren’t discussed until they dieRyūichi Sakamoto opened the door to an energy flowThat began with Debussy and would ebb and flowOf the Yellow Magic Orchestra in all of … Continue reading
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Tagged Articulation, Butterfly Kiss, Composer, Debussy, Delicate and Pensive, Ebb and Flow, Elixir, Emotion, Energy Flow, Film Score, Forbidden Colors, Hip-Hop, Immortality, Influence, Layers, Linger, Mangle, More, Poetry and Poems, Quiet, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sheltering Sky, Startle, Techno, Tnagle, War, Water's Edge, Worldbeat, Yellow Magic Orchestra
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First Principles: It Is the Duty of All Nations To Acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, To Obey His Will, To Be Grateful For His Benefits, and Humbly Implore His Protection and Favors
“It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favors.” – George Washington
Thought For the Day: We Have Grasped the Mystery of the Atom and Rejected the Sermon On the Mount…The World Has Achieved Brilliance Without Conscience.
“We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount…The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.” – Five-Star General Omar Bradley (d. April, 8, 1981)
Thought For the Day: The Core of A Free Society Is Free Choice At the Individual Level, and the Core of Free Choice At the Individual Level Is Right and Wrong
“The core of a free society is free choice at the individual level, and the core of free choice at the individual level is right and wrong. If there is no right and wrong, what does it matter what individuals … Continue reading
First Principles: The Problem To Be Solved Is, Not What Form of Government Is Perfect, Which of the Forms Is Least Imperfect
“It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a misfortune. This necessity however exists; and the problem to be solved is, not what form … Continue reading
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Tagged Evil, Exist, First Principles, Form, Government, James Madison, Least Imperfect, Misfortune, Necessity, Perfect, Problem, Proper, Solve
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First Principles: Democracies Have Ever Been Spectacles of Turbulence and Contention; Have Ever Been Found Incompatible With Personal Security or the Rights of Property
“Democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths … Continue reading
Thought For the Day: All I Ask of Myself Is To Live A Good Christian Life, and Toward that Objective, I Bend Every Effort
“All I ask of myself is to live a good Christian life, and toward that objective I bend every effort in shaping my personal, domestic and professional activities and growth. I have watched constantly that in my work the highest … Continue reading
The Bright of This Holy Week
The Bright of This Holy Weekby Michael DoyleHoly Week, the holiest week On the calendar of the liturgical yearWith reverence, we quietly speakOf the events that we humbly reverePalm Sunday is observed in commemorationOf Jesus’s arrival and triumphal entryFrom betrayal … Continue reading
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Tagged Black Saturday, Good Friday, Holy Week, Last Supper, Liturgical, Palm Sunday, Poetry and Poems, Reverence, The Brght, Triumphal Entry
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