tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521445881932563342011-04-21T19:53:02.295-06:00As the Romans said, "Cogita!" Dedicated to (hopefully) thought provoking bits of words.S. Parrishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17341934696771322022noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552144588193256334.post-52584787611367549882008-05-05T16:01:00.004-06:002008-05-06T15:50:51.726-06:00

America is a country infatuated by the media, especially by the news media. (To avoid confusion media is hereafter used in reference to the news media) If you have any doubt of this you have only to listen to a normal conversation. Chances are great that at some point you will hear the phrases, "I saw on the news...", or, "I read in the paper..." You have very likely said these yourself in the

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The question has long stood: what is Freedom? Is is the ability to do whatever you wish? Is it to know that you need never fear a tyrant, knowing you can worship as you please? In fact there are two separate and distinct types of freedom. Freedom From, and Freedom To. Freedom From is the one freedom everyone wants, but nobody thinks about until they haven't got it. Freedom From grants

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Have you ever experienced joy? Not the delight you feel when you receive an unexpected gift. Nor even the pleasure you get from reading a favorite book or watching a favorite movie. But real honest to goodness joy, the kind that is mixed with longing and even a tinge of sadness. Where it seems that the moment will and should go on forever, but melts away just before you fully grasp it. It leaves

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I attended a book club last night and we were reading C.S. Lewis' book ,"The Screwtape Letters." In the book Screwtape, an older demon giving guidance to a younger demon, says that the worst thing that can happen to a human, and the easiest way to lead them to hell, is to get them to do things the find no pleasure in just so they do not have to think about God. As we were reading that passage

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I stand at the headof a band of brotherscourageous and honorableI lead them down the streetmarching in my shadowbystanders wave and cheeras I pass byBut not one standsnot one salutesAn old man in a wheelchairtired and wornhis eyes light up when he sees mehe struggles to standhe reaches his feet and tottersfor a momentThen as I pass byhis hand comes uphe salutes meI snap straight in the breezeand

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Why is it that whenever a young man is not interested in meeting "hot chicks" or doesn't watch porn movies, the is instantly labeled as a pervert or a homosexual? Has our culture really slipped that far? Come on, when does because I am not looking to get laid or haven't watched the latest porn flick mean that I am a pervert!!!? Did you catch that? Let me rephrase that, I am a pervert because I

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Alright, I know it is all too often true that most blog sites are full to the brim with rants. I do not want mine to turn out that way. So every so often I will write a blog about something good that is happening, or perhaps a funny story, or even just some interesting facts or jokes. So when you are feeling down and headachy with all the bad news you hear, just remember that it could be worse;

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The Risk of Video Games No, this is not yet another rant about the menace to society that videogames pose. I will not rage about how evil they are or how they should be cast into the lake of fire. On the contrary, I believe that when used properly, video games can be afun, even useful tool. The problem I have with video games is that way too often their use isunrestrained. For

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Today is September 12, 2007. Six years ago yesterday, the world was shocked to learn that the World Trade Centers existed only as a pile of rubble. Americans joined together for support and comfort. They also demanded that the government find and destroy those resposible for the attack. We wanted to show the world that we a tough and resilient nation. That we would do what it took to ensure

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