Category «Culture»

The Root Of All Fun?

Yesterday ESPN.com carried a feature story entitled, “The Root of All Fun.”  The story was about money and baseball.  The story line was an appeal to stop talking about the economy and how it has impacted sports.  Rather, we should be enjoying the “fun” that our money can buy us. Of course, the title is …

It Still Doesn’t Know!

I am a faithful devotee of WordPerfect.  For those of you who may not know what WordPerfect is, it is a word processing program that, in my opinion, leaves Microsoft Word in the dust.  I began using WordPerfect more than 20 years ago.  I began with version 4.2 and have faithfully upgraded through 12 versions.  …

Two Men, Two Legacies

February 12 marks the birth date of two influential people in world history.  On February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky.  Across the Atlantic Ocean, on that very same day, in that very same year, Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, England.  Both these men made their marks on World History, …

The Secularization of America

The term “secularization” may be unfamiliar with some people, so allow me to define it.  Secularization means to “separate something from religious or spiritual connection and make it worldly or unspiritual.” In other words, secularization is the process of removing religious and moral influence from our society. As you know, and many of you may …