Category: September

  • TURN BACK TO GOD

    Last Saturday, August 28, Glenn Beck, the Fox broadcaster, held his much-heralded event in Washington on the Mall. He says that choosing the 47th anniversary of the “I have a dream” speech by Dr. Martin Luther King was an accident on his part. He claims that he did not know that on August 28, 1963…

  • UPON BEING CUCKOLDED

    I do not pretend to be an expert on the subject of being cuckolded.  While my expertise is negligible or almost non-existent, I must say that when an example of cuckoldedness takes place and is confirmed by one of the participants, I am obliged to pay attention.  The incident in question took place in two…

  • “I AM NOT A PERFECT MAN”

    “I AM NOT A PERFECT MAN” BISHOP EDDIE LONG PASTOR OF THE NEW BIRTH MEGA-CHURCH, ATLANTA, GEORGIA SEPTEMBER 26, 2010     I do not pretend to be a historian of the relationship between the Church and the affairs of man.  But in my lifetime there have been three or four occasions when the proclivity…

  • CATTYWAMPUS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE THOUGHTS

    This does not purport to be a definitive essay on the English language.  It is simply an interim report on the current usage of the language as well as one reference to a word that has ancient connections. These days I am obliged to hold onto a sighted person leading me about.  This is not…

  • SHOOTING ONESELF IN ONE’S OWN FEETS

    A scholar casually reading the title to this essay may conclude that it is not in accordance with the King’s English or at least the King James version of the English language.  But if you will bear with me, I will try to explain to the doubters why I contend that we are shooting ourselves…

  • DIRECT DEPOSIT?!!

    On very rare occasions an incident will happen that demands to be written about.  In this case, I am led to believe that if this essay is not written promptly, an indescribable act will be committed on my front porch. The incident in question took place on Friday morning before the start of the Labor…