RedStateEclectic

Holy Days and Holidays

Yesterday was a seminal day for me of sorts. The morning came and we packed up the kids for church and headed out. After dropping off the boys at children’s church, we headed over to the main building with Sarah in tow. We entered and headed for the steps that lead to the upper area suitable for a capricious two-year-old where we would be near the back exit in case our young one became bored with being in the same spot for 90 minutes. Sarah took the climb with deliberate steps; being sure to smile to the kindly people sitting nearby while occasionally swinging from the railing Read More

The Gray Area of War

What makes one side justified in its actions over another during wartime? Everyone knows about the dropping of two atomic bombs towards the end of World War II. The justification of those acts are still being debated. There was another, less known, attack on the working men, women, children, flora and fauna of Japan. On the night of March 9-10, 1945, about 300 American B-29 bombers - each loaded with 1700 petroleum bombs - dropped their payload on the mostly wooden city of Tokyo. Sixteen square miles were reduced to ashes and conservative estimates tally the Read More