We in America find ourselves engaged in another war - a war contrived by a self serving White House. Illegitimate intelligence on an incident in the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam provided the impetus for the President to justify expanding our military presence in Southeast Asia.

The same song is being sung by our current President. Forge intelligence reports, then garner continued Congressional support by making the war an issue of support our foreign based troops.

“Where have all the young men gone? They are all in uniform.” Where is the artistic protest of the current war? There are a few standing up for right. Bruce Springsteen is one.

Son,

Your entry into the Christian Ministry has been a source of great pride and joy for me. Even given that you choose a wacky upstart like the United Methodist, or whatever you call it. There is a mild attempt at humor in the last sentence - but as with other effective editorial humor we witness with Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert, there is a kernel of truth.

I was producing and publishing my first podcast this week, so I’ve been a little behind.

On the topic of Marcus Aurelius, I noticed that you stated ” A quick look at news headlines today might suggest that divine intervention has actually corrupted the morality of civilization.” I think that the idea of divine intervention, whether God participates in our reality,can be argued, but I think that suggesting that God’s participation might have corrupted our civilization is something that I have a hard time with. I think that institutional intervention tends to corrupt almost every time.