Category Archives: General

“He who Lives by the Sword Dies by the Sword”

Posted on February 23, 2026 by Paul Harris

My title is Jesus’ words to Peter in Matthew 26:52, but they are also the 2013 tweet of then Congressman Ron Paul at the murder of Chris Kyle, the most efficient sniper the service has ever seen. I was incensed … Continue reading →

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Domestic Tranquility, The Trad Wife, or Feminism – The enemy of the female and femininity

Posted on February 9, 2026 by Paul Harris

Without a doubt Domestic Tranquility [i]is the best book I’ve read on feminism. It’s subtitled “A Brief Against Feminism” because she was a lawyer by training. She was about the same age as Ruth Bader Ginsberg the feminist icon, heroine, and example. She … Continue reading →

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Egalitarianism

Posted on February 2, 2026 by Paul Harris

This is a picture of one of my son’s over 30 years ago in my LBE, Load Bearing Equipment. I’m sure they have other names for this gear now. In fact in the 70s it was called something else too. … Continue reading →

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Not Knowing How the Day Will End

Posted on December 8, 2025 by Paul Harris
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What the Devil?

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Paul Harris

From the above expression of surprise or annoyance, to ‘speak of the devil’, to ‘between the devil and the deep blue sea’, to ‘the devil made me do it’, and more, the devil gets a lot of airtime. Below was … Continue reading →

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Only a Wizard Could Do This

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Paul Harris
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Virtue Signaling

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Paul Harris
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Tantamount to Sacrilege

Posted on April 18, 2025 by Paul Harris

This Good Friday blog had its genesis in my pastor’s remark in a Lenten sermon, but it sprung to life while on a walk somedays later. The first sermonic thought I had had in 15 months. No exaggeration. Before retirement, … Continue reading →

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Just as I Suspicioned

Posted on April 7, 2025 by Paul Harris

I heard my mother-in-law say now and again that she ‘suspicioned’ this or that. I always thought that was a made up word. My Merriam-Webster says it is a word though they consider it “chiefly dialectal”. I always liked the word … Continue reading →

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Don’t Let the Old Man In

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Paul Harris

One of my sister’s sent me the link to the song named above on my birthday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc5AWImplfE.[i]  Give it a listen. You need to be a certain age to really appreciate it. My older brother said: He sneaks in. My older … Continue reading →

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