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I don’t know about you, but each day I read the headlines from around the world and I am disappointed at the insensitivity of the heart, the insecurity of the spirit and the instability of reason throughout the world. Daily, people are killing people because they believe differently than they do or they have something [...] Continue reading When? It is right to honor those who serve this country. It is right to have this day of public appreciation. It is right to acknowledge in ceremony, and song, in words and prayer, the special gifts each veteran contributes to freedom, and liberty, democracy. To each veteran today, America says thank you for your gift [...] Continue reading Veterans Day The nuclear test by North Korea and the fear that Iran will get the bomb or that the Islamic extremists will get control of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons reminded me of some old fears when I was a teenager in the late 1950′s. There was the pervasive fear then of nuclear war with the then Soviet [...] Continue reading Old Fears |
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The Giving of Thanks
Here it is the day before Thanksgiving in the United States. My friends in Canada celebrate it on another date. Our Thanksgiving is similar to the August Moon Festival in China, Tet Trung Tru in Vietnam, Succoth in Judaism, Kwanzaa in Africa, Pongal in India and Chusok in Korea and Emtedankfest in Germany. The list [...]
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