HANNIBAL BARCA OF CARTHAGE AFRICA

IF NOT CAPITALISM, THEN WHAT?

IF NOT CAPITALISM THEN WHAT? This is a fair question to pose, to consider,to ponder. Cannot a more equitable economic system be designed, be experimented with and, if successfully vetted in miniature, applied more broadly?. Capitalism is frequently criticized for its unevenness and its harshness. But in the absence of a more viable economic alternative, why? To what end? Surely. somewhere on Earth, in the long history of Earth, another more equitable, less exploitative economic system has prevailed on the Earth. What? Where? When? Whence? If this question cannot be answered, stop crying, criticizing. And get some!

BOTH REALMS IN US

BOTH REALMS IN US Grandma knew. And brought us through. Leaning on the everlasting arm. Grandpa did too. Leaning on his, hers, theirs, and Heavenly Father's strong right arms, under their own vine and fig tree. Their children like laden young olive trees planted around their table, his wife a fruitful vine at his side. Both cosmically blessed by God in Heaven who brought them and their forebears to this place for a reason and for a season that we cannot know nor need to know! Praise be to God for us, for them, for theirs, and for God's Earthly embodiments and heirs: those sons and daughters of Earth, each epitomized in and symbolized by Jesus Christ, who was born to woman of spiritual semen to bind both realms in us: divine and human!

toppled tree

When a tree outgrows its roots, becomes top-heavy, it either topples over or is blown over . Like that tree is top-heavy human society .

KANSAS CITY ROYALS' CITY-WIDE CELEBRATION

I am especially proud that Kansas City's diverse citizenry could show character like their World Series winning Royals by enjoying themselves enthusiastically and magnificently without crime, violence or acrimony on November 3, 2015!

THANKS AND PRAISES

On this brilliant Sunday-morning of November 1, 2015, I give my thanks and praises to Almighty God for my life, for my liberty, and for the ever-continuing pursuit of my happiness ! AMEN!

A GRAND ARMY OF BLACK MEN

Between a rock and a hard place were black soldiers in the Civil War. They were not allowed to fight for 2 years, until 1863. When they were allowed to fight due to that "military necessity " described by Lincoln, they were still discriminated against in respect to their pay, provisions and commissions, for another year, until 1864. But, most critically the only officers permitted them, these United States Colored Troops (USCT) were non-line of command officers, chaplains and doctors . All white were the rest of these valiant black troops' commanding officers.A few were quite good, most were not. As it was with black soldiers, so was it with freed black slaves--the "contraband," as they were called. Actually conditions were worse for the wives and children of the USCT, since their year-long boycott of unequal pay by the soldiers had an even greater adverse affect on their families. Their letters to home and from home to the soldiers, spelled out so plaintively in the book, A GRAND ARMY OF BLACK MEN edited by Edwin S. Redkey (1993), makes this all crystal clear.