The Conservative Soldier

I am not comfortable with feeble human attempts at scriptural interpretation. There is, for example, a Biblical passage that directs mankind to “be anxious for nothing.” Interpretation: It’s never as bad as you think.
With all due respect to the letter writers whose work became the all-time bestseller, these guys could not have imagined anxiety as […]

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I ate lunch today at my favorite sushi place. While I savored my selected delicacies, I was thinking about Beijing and the Olympic Games beginning there Friday night.
I know, I know. Sushi is of Japanese, not Chinese, origin. But anytime I am struggling with a pair of chopsticks I am reminded anew about our obsession […]

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United Airlines announced this week it is cutting 7,000 jobs by the end of next year.
I hope the 7,000 include some of the lying, arrogant, incompetent and utterly useless employees who transformed our recent routine Washington-to-Chicago trip into an all too typical commercial aviation nightmare.
I know, I know. They’re here for our safety. For example, […]

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