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One reason I’m writing this post is to remind myself. Why do I, or you, need to be reminded to rest one’s mind and enjoy the moment as it comes? It’s because we can. We normally are lost in our own thoughts and the world we create with them. Everyone is different and everyone sees the world from the point of view they’ve created in their minds. But if we let our thoughts subside, if we let them rest, give ourselves a break from the world we create by our constant thinkin

Because we just celebrated our nation's 250th anniversary, it is timely to repost "The Origins of American Democracy" from two years ago. Perhaps it will give pause to those who are considering a revolution today. It looks at the most influential ideas that influenced American founding fathers to first break from England, and then create their own unique compact of government, the American Constitution. From Post No. 34, June 2024 Our democracy owes much to British infl

Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery. President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation two years earlier but it was not enforced in the then remote State of Texas. When federal troops arrived in Texas in 1865, the commanding general enforced the law. The last major holdout of slavery was ended. Juneteenth arrives this year a few weeks before the 250th celebration of our nation’s emancipation from British rule. Let’s take a deeper dive into some key events that