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So, you take their assessment as gospel. I am glad that Trump is looking into reevaluate our commitment to the UN. They are not the conclave of disinterested wisdom that many seem to think they are. OAN has a good article on them. They abuse us, all the while sucking us dry financially. And for...

I am just surprised by how many folks here, some of whom write quite well on other subjects, just glibly demonize Russia. Your second paragraph is quite on target. Russia doesn't want outright enemies armed right next to them. It's similar to the Russian missiles in Cuba in the 60s, which were a...

Invasion? Still getting your information from one side, I see. The Russians are protecting the oblasts that had voted for secession. And this was only after several years of attack from the Kiev regime. Of course, you don't know any of this because it doesn't show up on your "news" sites.

Martin Marprelate wrote: 'Quos deus vult perdere, prius dementat.' I like that quote. It could be directed to either side, however. I was surprised to see it here in Latin. I know that it is not an ancient saying, going only as far back as Longfellow, I think. Maybe a little earlier. The...

Aah, no thanks, brother. I lived in NYC for a couple years. That was enough. And I am not saying that my living in Ukraine for those eight months made me an expert, but I did encounter a number of people who were more favorably disposed toward the Russians than to the Kiev government...

Ukraine broke their agreement to cease hostilities in 2014. That is when all sides signed the Minsk Agreement. Angela Merkel later admitted what the game plan was all along - “an attempt to give Ukraine time” so they could build up their military. And when they were ready they started rolling...

I'm not surprised that you are linking to BBC. Your one-sided comments on this rather complex situation give the impression that your main go-to information source is BBC. That is just as bad as Americans hanging on every word from CNN or MSNBC. You really should look at a wider spectrum of...

Thanks, brother. Yes, a lot more could be written on this wonderful subject. Wonderful for Christians, tragic for those who didn't recognize their Messiah. I have several other Isaiah articles that, for some reason, never left my notes. So, Lord-willing, I have a project to keep me busy, along...

It is always needful to keep in mind to whom these passages are written. Some commentators place too much emphasis on Isaiah’s time, others make much of the application to the post-exilic era. Granted, these verses were certainly a great help for those who returned to Israel to rebuild. Others...

We are used to thinking of these words of Christ as metaphor, but it could be argued that the real metaphors are the physical grapevines, created by God, along with other metaphors in nature to point to the higher plane of spiritual reality. In other words, Christ truly is our Vine. We get our...

We visited Belize first in May, June 2009 and a second time May and June of 2010. The pictures of this post are from these two trips but the incidents here happened on that second trip. Shakedown & Shakeup: Belize Trip

My pleasure. Thanks for the encouragement. I still have a backlog of photos and memories that I am working on. I guess that is true of all older folks. At last the memories part.

This is the last of my three articles on our trip to Sechuan, China. Qingchengshan: Semi-Solitude in Chinese Nature The highlight of our Sechuan trip was this foray into this Central China forest, the Qingchengshan Nature Area. The town itself struck me as touristy and inauthentic.