Posts Tagged ‘faith’
Fallibilism
Thanks to American Writes reader Laura V. for sending the following note to me: I read the following... (more...)
Today's American Thought
Today's American Thought is posted to Twitter twice a day, mid-morning and mid-evening Central Time. They are quotes, or condensed quotes from Americans and others around the world who have embodied the American Spirit with their words. I post the same quote twice to catch those people who have different schedules and may find my morning post gets [...]
Fear Not, Conservative! Have Faith!
The conservative is fluctuating between fear and loathing, depression and anger, vigor and sloth. Ambition and acquiescence. Let’s get a grip. Consider these: (more...)
Why America Happened Here… Part II
In the 1840s, Manifest Destiny was the cry of the citizenry. 1845 saw John K. O’Sullivan, a magazine editor, write that no nation on earth should be allowed to interfere with America’s “manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions,” echoing in popular [...]
Why America Happened Here… Part I
Never in the history of the world has the growth of a people in their social, political, technical, intellectual and entrepreneurial pursuits been so phenomenal as what has happened on this continent in the last 150 years, built on the four centuries previous to that and the 2000 generations preceding the time of a Genoan explorer. Whether Chian, [...]
Roller Coasters
Roller coasters. You think of them and a smile comes to your face. Even if they make you sick, there’s something exhilarating about them. Even if you can only watch while others take their ride, it’s a metaphor for life that everyone has to ride. Roller coasters make you feel so alive. Right now, we’re watching David & Susan, sitting [...]
