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“When everything is seen as relevant to politics, than politics has in fact become totalitarian.” ~ Bernard Crick
Ray Nothstine retweeted
My 20 year old wanted to vote for El-Sayed, but we live in NC, so he settled for Roy Cooper.
“Elections, my dear sir, elections to offices which are great objects of ambition, I look at with terror.”
—John Adams
“How monotonously alike all the great tyrants and conquerors have been: how gloriously different are the saints.”
—C.S. Lewis
"Fair maid, who is this babe that thou bearest in thine arms?
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Three kings brought him presents: gold, myrrh and frankincense, to my son, full of might, King of kings and Lord of light."
—Mater Ora Filium
When you come upon it unexpectedly at night, there is no other war memorial so eerie and arresting.
Forty years ago, on October 28, 1986, Congress authorized the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Today, its 19 stainless steel statues stand as a powerful tribute to the courage and sacrifice of Americans who fought in defense of freedom.
Photo by Nathan Jones
ALT Statues of soldiers in ponchos walking through a green landscape under autumn trees with orange leaves.
Watching the TB Rays trying so hard to drag out their eventual demise is a surprisingly fascinating watch.
My youngest son just turned four a few days ago, and someone at church asked him how old he was. He very confidently replied, “Four, but I’m almost five.”
Recommended reading:
“The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors” by the late Naval historian James D. Hornfischer.
Not sure there will ever again be a more David vs. Goliath story on the high seas.
A beautiful tribute to the heroic men of Taffy 3, who defied overwhelming odds
My 9-year-old son just asked me “why are the Rays wearing gas station jerseys?”
Definitely my kid. 😂
“Lord of all gentleness, Lord of all calm,
whose voice is contentment, whose presence is balm:
Be there at our sleeping, and give us, we pray,
your peace in our hearts, Lord, at the end of the day.”
—Jan Struther
"The Last Stand of Fox Company" by Bob Drury and Tom Calvin about so many of our Marines being completely surrounded at the Chosin Reservoir.
Brutal to read given the totally horrendous -40 temperatures and waves of suicidal enemy charges. Mad respect to those men.
