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Bueller, Bueller, Padre Steve…
Note to Parents: While this article talks about my own misdeeds it is not an endorsement or blessing of your kid doing such things unless they do it with more style and flair than me. In which case I...
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Fighting for the Dream at 50: Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Faith and All that...
Reblogged from Padresteve's World...Musings of a Passionate Moderate: “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be...
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Things Haven’t Changed That Much: Jackie Robinson Goes to the 1964 GOP...
Reblogged from Padresteve's World...Musings of a Passionate Moderate: “A new breed of Republicans had taken over the GOP. As I watched this steamroller operation in San Francisco, I had a better...
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Character Sacrifice, Service in the Face of Blatant Racism and the Dream that...
Reblogged from Padresteve's World...Musings of a Passionate Moderate: “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their...
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Separate and Unequal: Jim Crow Still Lives at a Florida Civil War Battlefield
The Battle of Olustee Something is going on in Florida that shows that Jim Crow is still very much alive in the hearts and motivations of some elected officials and their supporters. This is going on...
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Conscience and Hard Solid Thinking: Two Things We Lack, A Reminder from Dr...
Today I am reminded of the words of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. as he addressed issues prevalent in the 1960s which unfortunately are still with us today. A lot of people today seek to marginalize Dr...
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The Dream: Keeping Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dream Alive in 2014
“Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We...
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1914: The Beginning of a Century of War
This year marks the centennial of the onset of the First World War, a war which ushered in the world that we live today. It was a war which changed warfare, a war which destroyed a long standing...
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August 1914: The Beginning of a Century of Disasters
Reblogged from Padresteve's World...Musings of a Passionate Moderate: The Austrian Declaration of War against Serbia “No one starts a war–or rather, no one in his senses ought to do so–without first...
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Thoughts Before a Memorial Service
I am in a hotel in Fredericksburg Virginia tonight as I will be attending a Celebration of Life for Captain Tom Sitsch, United States Navy. As those who follow this site know, Captain Sitsch was my...
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Gratitude, Relationships and Hope; Even in Death
“Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer Today I was able to attend the Celebration of Life for Captain Tom Sitsch. It was good to be able to attend. I was able...
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Not Alone: The Real Warriors Campaign
Reblogged from Padresteve's World...Musings of a Passionate Moderate: “Grant stood by me when I was crazy, and I stood by him when he was drunk, and now we stand by each other.” William Tecumseh...
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Learning to Live with PTSD and Moral Injury through the Lens of Star Trek
“So – my brother is a human being after all. This is going to be with you a long time, Jean-Luc. A long time. You have to learn to live with it. You have a simple choice now: live with it below the...
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Never Again: Holocaust Remembrance Day 2014
Dachau On January 27th 1945 the Soviet Red Army liberated the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, the centerpiece of the Nazi Death Camp machine. Though it did not end the Nazi genocide against the Jews it...
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A Night of Memories: Syria, Iraq and The Middle East in 2014, Echoes of T. E....
Inshallah, (إن شاء الله) God willing… It is now 2014, almost eleven years since the Bush administration launched its ill advised, preemptive and probably war illegal under international law, against...
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Shoeless Joe and the Healing of the Soul
Reblogged from Padresteve's World...Musings of a Passionate Moderate: “Success is getting what you want, but happiness is wanting what you get.” Eddie Scissions in Shoeless Jo I don’t read much...
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Snow Days: Closing up Shop in Virginia Beach and the Tidewater
“Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, “I’m going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that’s tough. I am going to snow anyway.” ~Maya Angelou We have lived in many places in our...
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The Dehumanization of America: Tom Perkins, Peter Schiff, The Wall Street...
“Our merchants and masters complain much of the bad effects of high wages in raising the price and lessening the sale of goods. They say nothing concerning the bad effects of high profits. They are...
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Crossing the Piso Mojado: Padre Steve’s Great Water Heater Flood of 2014
“Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.” Mark Twain Last night just before I put my tired head down for the night I heard a metallic “pop.” Startled my little dog Minnie began to growl,...
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Super Bowl Sunday and Groundhog Day: If Phil Simms Sees His Shadow Do We Get...
Well it is Super Bowl Sunday and Groundhog Day to boot, two great events that go great together. Unfortunately Phil Simms, victor of Super Bowl XXI and CBS NFL Commentator will not be helping to call...
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