Link farming, feeds, and likes on Facebook
Link farming, feed clutter, and more. Like or unlike. Sad, wow or angry. These emotional responses have consequences. And who has not clicked away on them. Heck, I do not even know if a like means I like the shared post or the post sharer, much less which one I…
Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson (1824-1863). On war, duty, and faith.
Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson (1824-1863). On war, duty, and faith. Judges Chapter 7. “It is painful enough to discover with what unconcern they speak of war and threaten it. They do not know its horrors. I have seen enough of it to make me look upon it as the sum…
“Even This Shall Pass Away” by Theodore Tilton as read by Thomas O’Bedlam
Poetry once so much a part of our lives as students seems to have taken a back seat to the events of today and the pleasures of the spirit. Novels have been replaced by table top books. Poetry more often found in a drinking song rather than thinking long. And…
Anecdotal evidence, confirmation bias, “I know a case ….”, and hiding the ball.
Anecdotal evidence aka “confirmation bias or cherry picking fallacy”. This is a debating and presentation trick used by so many. You see it when presidents point to individuals in the gallery to make a point. I see it more in discussions in the form of an “informal fallacy” or “person…
Our uneasy march to a socialistic and non capitalistic economy and state has a high price tag.
Thought for the day. Capitalism versus socialism. America versus Europe. What model do you believe has worked for 250 years? Which economic system is still in the wallows of the great recession? Which economic systems have had their hands out since two world wars and the Marshall Plan up through…
Judges, Chapter 6. Gideon, the Sixth Judge and “Mighty Warrior”
Judges, Chapter 6. Gideon, the Sixth Judge. 11 The angel of the Lord came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to keep it from the Midianites. 12 When the angel of the…
Judges 5:1 (NIV) “On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:”
Judges 5:1 (NIV) “On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this song:” In Chapter 4, we saw the victory over the Canaanites led by Deborah and Barak. Here they celebrate. The Bible is full of examples of celebratory worship and song. We continue that practice today with…
Archimedes got it right. Give me a place to stand, and I can move the world. In thought and deed and opinion.
This old Greek dude was a deeper thinker and philosopher with a timeless truth or two beyond what others might have imagined. There are so many ways that the news media and new age journalists can cause harm to the public. Not just fake news stories, but reports that are…
Judges Chapter 4: Deborah and Jael. Extraordinary women doing extraordinary things at an unexpected time and place.
Judges 4: Truth does not depend on your position, your gender, or who is seeking. Deborah and Jael. Both spoke the truth and made the hard choices. Both were women at a time and in a position, when they did the unexpected and the extraordinary. And a man responded, sought,…