John 2.13-22
The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money changers sitting there. And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and...
The Cook, The Cleric, The Cobbler & The Captain
Once upon a time a storm churned the open seas. A schooner fought the waves for days before finally surrendering to the wind. It broke apart and sank, scattering debris across the gray waters. But not all was lost. One lifeboat bobbed on the surface, and four strong...
John 2.1-11
On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does...
Lottery Elections
We really must select our federal executive and legislative office holders through a lottery system. The recent selections by the Democratic and Republican parties to run for the Presidency is more than enough evidence to show a lottery would be an improvement on that branch. And the preoccupation with the parties with making each other fail, with the consequence that Congress has become an annoying collective figurehead provides the evidence for that branch. There would need to be some eligibility parameters, of course, and some reasonable adjustments to the terms of office, but those are not problems that any college-level political science class couldn’t handle as a project. Wouldn’t it be delightful to have our country run by a broad spectrum of relatively normal people? – E.O.
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