I haven't posted here, for awhile. Guess I first better check for the updated list of banned words and topics. Help, anyone? I have kept abreast of cancelled speakers to colleges and universities, along with the throngs censored or de-platformed from Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, though. Also, I've noted businesses targeted by virtuous mobs. Other … Continue reading Requesting advise on posting

I believe America is on the eve of a great work of God--but I don't know the nature of it. Will his sword prune or plunder? The works of darkness within the Deep State of Marxist Democrats is being exposed as never before, just as they're being exposed within the Roman Catholic Church, so, perhaps … Continue reading The Fateful Lightning of his Terrible Swift Sword

Were you teaching online classes, in person classes, or both?How has the transition been for you to online teaching?How will you teach differently as you move forward? During the winter 2020 semester, all my classes were face-to-face; they all moved fully online later in March. With students already having been completing all their assignments online, … Continue reading Community College Teaching in Today’s Environment, answering questions from my college newspaper

I've never published this event before--too humiliating; given current events, it's time I do. At around 15 years of age, about 40 years ago, I strolled on a neighborhood road along the woods, where I had shot my BB gun at empty cans. Realizing the gun looked suspicious, I secured it in my jeans and … Continue reading Police Almost Shot Me!

Moral Theory Without a universal, absolute, transcendent basis for morality, what basis do we have for stating that the action of another is unjust, whether the action be that of a police officer or of a rioter? Perhaps the morality they act from is rooted in their culture (Cultural Relativism) or in their subjectivity and … Continue reading Social Justice and Rioting (Tweets on a Blog)

I. Is social distancing over now? If it's not enforced for one group, how, without a relevant difference, can it justly be enforced for another group? Why might large protests be allowed, but, perhaps, in hopes that those protesters will quickly spread the virus among themselves? Churches in some cities can't have more than 10 … Continue reading Four Brainstorming Questions and a Comment, About Minneapolis Today

I'm supposed to believe that those promoting population reduction for "saving the planet", abortion, infanticide, suicide, and euthanasia suddenly care deeply about the death of others? How about the lives of over a million Africans who likely will starve, thanks to the world's continued economic shutdown--or don't brown-skinned people matter? With their new found concern … Continue reading Question Authority, Sheeple

I don't know if the health crisis of our day was released accidentally or deliberately from a lab in China or from a meat market. I don't know if a so called deep-state or some oligarchy is plotting for a New World Order, a one world government, putting this crisis to good use against traditionalist … Continue reading I Don’t Know If…

1. Must I have real-time interaction with my students? Bells and whistles are fun to ring and blow--but are they necessary? For my Philosophy and Humanities classes, the answer is no. Given my writing, audio, video, and screencast content, along with a computer program and textbook, my students have all they need. Additionally, they can … Continue reading Questions worth asking, for simplifying quality online instruction

Here are three unlikely nightmare scenarios (pandemic, Socialism, and anarchy), to scare yourself into doing what you should already have been doing. 1. Imagine having to endure three months of self-quarantine, to avoid getting sick. You'd have to plan on family, who haven't prepared, joining you.      * People begin to horde, even if from unwarranted … Continue reading Prepping as a Self-Improvement Strategy