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A PAIR OF SABBATH THOUGHTS
This dictation is taking place on Sunday, September 2nd, which happens to be a Sabbath in the Christian faith. And so it is that I have a pair of Sabbath thoughts. One is of recent vintage and the other reaches back to, I believe, 1958. Let us take the one of most recent vintage. Last…
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WHY DO I CRY?
This essay is being dictated on the Friday evening of September 14. At the moment, I am in a thoroughly somber mood. The somber mood comes from having listened to the broadcast from Andrews Air Force Base, which was the site of ceremonies honoring the four dead Americans who perished recently in Libya. If I…
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ANOTHER ROUND WITH A POLYGAMY OF ESSAYETTES
You will recall that these are individual subjects that have absolutely no relationship to each other. With that forewarning, we will begin a new venture into the world of polygamy which I am determined to rescue from the Mormon Church. First there is the bladder scanner. This subject is considered by some to be…
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MILITARY MATTERS
Now that I am of such an advanced age that the Army of the United States or the United States Army cannot call me to return to active duty, there are two matters that I would like to discuss this morning. The first has to do with being a volunteer and the second has to…
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THE SILVER DOLLAR BLUES
I am going to reach into racetrack terms to introduce this essay. At tracks where horses and dogs race each other, there is a highlight of the afternoon called the Trifecta. This means that when a bettor picks the winners of the Trifecta, he will be rewarded with extra cash. I have been to the…
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WELCOME HOME?
Last Sunday night the President of the United States held a dinner to which veterans of the Iraq war and the Afghanistan war were invited. Obviously the President could not have all of those who fought in Iraq and Afghanistan to one dinner. I do not know how the veterans were chosen to gather for…
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WE REGRET TO INFORM YOU…
It may come as a surprise to some younger readers that there was a time in this country when there was no such thing as instant communications. As a matter of fact, my family did not have a telephone until some time in the vicinity of 1935. My mother, who was home all day, was…
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FORMS OF ALLIED MILITARY ADDRESS
It is fortunate that during World War II, a good many of the Allies spoke English. Of course there were the Brits, who included the Scots, the Irish, and the Welsh. Then there were the Australians and the Canadians. All of them spoke English. My thought here today is to recognize the forms of address,…
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THE SOO-PREMES AT WORK
This essay has to do with the Supreme Court of the sweet-smelling United States of America. I have been a court watcher for many years and I have come to the conclusion that no one should ever contend that the Supreme Court is being worked to death. Quite the opposite is true. The Supreme Court…
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VATICAN LULLABIES
The title of this essay suggests that it will be about the Catholic Church. At the outset, it should be stated that the author of this essay, who is also the editor of Ezra’s Essays, is not a Catholic and has no intention of becoming one in the near future. But in this essay, I…