Tag Archives: Criticism

History Dignifies the Presidents

Posted on February 17, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

History Dignifies the Presidentsby Michael DoyleOn this Presidents Day, a few comments are deservedAs we look back on nation as it is preservedTrue to the faith of our republic’s sovereignty Is the struggle to keep our nation’s dignityOur story is … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: We Only Think That Our Opponents Are Dogmatic! We All Need Criticism. Criticism Is the Only Antidote To Error

Posted on October 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“Learn to control ego. Humans hold their dogmas and biases too tightly, and we only think that our opponents are dogmatic! But we all need criticism. Criticism is the only known antidote to error.” – David Brin

Posted in Thought For the Day | Tagged Antidote, Control, Criticism, David Brin, Dogmatic, Ego, Error, Opponents, Think, Thought For the Day | Leave a comment

Nat Turner’s Legacy

Posted on August 24, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

Nat Turner’s Legacyby Michael DoyleExceptions seldom make the ruleFoolish thinkers need their schoolThose who dwell on the mysteryOf why so few rose against slaveryIt is a cowardice of cultureThat we cannot afford to nurtureLet’s recall a moment of historyLived by … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Action, American History, Asunder, Blood and Brutality, Civil War, Country, Cowardice of Culture, Criticism, Death, Destiny, Dignity, Easy Lesson, Education, Equal Opportunity, Exceptions, Experiment, Field, Fight, Foolish Thinkers, Freedom and Liberty, God and Science, Greatest Republic, Hard Road, History, Incendiary, Inspiration, Ironic, Legacy, Liberty, Luxury, Mystery, Nat Turner, Ntion, Nurture, Optimism, Path Forward, Pessimism, Poetry and Poems, Poverty, Promise, Prophecy, Rage, Re;public, Revelation, Revolution, Right, Satisfaction, School, Scourge, Sinners, Slavery, Soul, The Rule, Theology, Victory, Vision, Voice, Wickedness Revealed | Leave a comment

Thought For the Day: A University’s Essential Character Is That of Being A Center of Free Inquiry and Criticism – A Thing Not Be Sacrificed For Anything Else

Posted on August 7, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

“A university’s essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism – a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else.” – Richard Hofstadter So then, if this former member of the Communist Party, USA, and … Continue reading →

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(Walking Christ’s Love) To Eternity

Posted on May 26, 2024 by alohapromisesforever

(Walking Christ’s Love) To Eternityby Michael DoyleJesus is distinguished as the otherHoly savior and mankind’s brotherWholly God and man, we worship His nameHe and only He is able to cross out our blameWe stand humbly trusting in His authorityExcited as … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged Authority, Bible, Broken Road, Christ's Love, Christianity, Control, Criticism, Cross Out Our Blame, Dignity, Discern, Distinguish, Eternity, Faith, Foundation, Grace, His Story, Inner Child, Jesus, Optimsim, Poetry and Poems, Revelations, Salvation, Security, Sould, Sovereignty, Substance, Sufficiency, Supremacy, Thankfulness, The Blble, Walk, Worship | Leave a comment

First Principles: Without Debate, Without Criticism, No Administration, and No Country Can Succeed, and No Republic Can Survive

Posted on November 8, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Without debate, without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive.” – John F. Kennedy

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Thought For the Day: Of All the Preposterous Assumptions of Humanity Over Humanity, Nothing Exceeds Most of the Criticisms Made On the Habits of the Poor By the Well-Houses, Well-Warmed and Well-Fed

Posted on August 1, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.” -Herman Melville, novelist and poet (1 Aug 1819-1891) But that doesn’t mean … Continue reading →

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Turbo Charged

Posted on April 9, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

American History continues through the Kennedy presidency. Turbo Charged by Michael Doyle Nixon versus Kennedy; election 1960 Workhorse versus glamor; it hits me That the sleek athleticism of the New Frontier Was as distinctive as this election year The torch … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry and Poems | Tagged 1960, Affirmation, All Men Are Created Equal, American, American History, Assassination, Athlete, Bigotry, Calculation, Camelot, Charge, Chin, Christian, Civil Rights, Creed, Criticism, Cuban Missile Crisis, Dead, Death, Discipline, Duty, Election, Era, Essence, Expert, Fight, Flair, Founding Principles, Full Stop, Generation, Glamor, Hard Peace, Human Rights, John F Kennedy, Keynesian, Lead, Lee Harvey Oswald, Liberty, Lunar Landing, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Martin Luther King Jr, Mean, Mellon, Message, Midnight, Missiles, Nation, Negotiate, New Frontier, Noble, Nuclear, Optimism, Paradox, Participation, Past, Peaceful Resistance, Persistence, Phototgraph, Piety, Poem, Poetry, Policy, Posterity, Presidency, Pressure, Price, Prosperity, Richad M Nixon, Sad, Segregation, Sobering Effect, Social Change, Soviets, Taxaation, Thought, Torch, Trouble Spots, Turbo, Two Minutes, Unity, USSR, Veneration, Workhorse, World | Leave a comment

On the Importance of True History

Posted on March 20, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

How did an intellectual fraud like Howard Zinn become the go to guy for American history in our public schools? It’s sort of outrageous. I remember when I was of a different mindset and more open to his … Continue reading →

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On the Losing Side of History

Posted on March 11, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

A piece dedicated to the ending days of Bernie Sanders’ attempt to hold a revolution. It begs the question, “What if they gave a revolution and nobody came?”. On the Losing Side of History by Michael Doyle Sanders lumbers on … Continue reading →

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