Saturday, March 2, 2013

A Senator at the gates of heaven

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While walking down the street one day a United States Senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies. His soul arrives in heaven and is...
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Frederick Douglass: The forgotten antislavery leader

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"Sincerely and earnestly hoping that this little book may do something toward throwing light on the American slave system , and haste...
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Saturday, January 26, 2013

My late grandfather's medal citation

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Grandpa Wells during World War II ***** The Secretary of the Navy Washington The President of the United States takes pleas...
Thursday, January 17, 2013

Benjamin Franklin: Renaissance Man

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"I may as well confess it, since my denial of it will be believed by nobody ... perhaps I shall a good deal gratify my own vanity. I...
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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Going to church in a foreign language

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"We would … hope that every missionary learning a new … language would master it in every way possible. … And as you do so, your [tea...
Monday, November 12, 2012

The American Veteran

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The picture is of my Marine grandfather (1921-2011), who saw  intense combat in the Pacific  in  World War II . He never had loss of li...
Friday, August 10, 2012

Obama's admissions to broken promises

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I was just reading the text of Obama’s Inaugural Address of three years ago, and it’s interesting to compare some of its text with that of h...