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Chief Editor: Thomas Wolpert Esq.

Thomas Wolpert ESQ Tom Wolpert is a Pennsylvania- and New Jersey-licensed attorney with a broad practice that includes business law, real estate and construction, employment law, probate, and estate planning. Valedictorian of Widener University School of Law, he combines a strong legal foundation with decades of experience helping clients navigate complex legal matters.

Before practicing law, Tom was a writer, and his blog allows him to explore a wide range of topics, connecting historical perspectives with contemporary issues. An avid reader of political philosophy and American history, he brings curiosity, insight, and a thoughtful voice to both his writing and legal work.

Tom resides in West Chester, PA, with his wife, Erma, and remains active in the community through local boards, civic organizations, and church work.

Latest Posts

“Do We Live in a War Zone?”

by Darryl Blackwell © L.O.C. 3/22/2025; written and presented at Mahanoy SCI DO WE LIVE IN A WAR ZONE? Music Trak: ‘Flight of the Newborn’ – Artist: Return to Forever (Chick Corea); Album: No Mystery (notes: L.E.O. – Law Enforcement Officer; stik – rifle or long gun; Cite Soleil is an impoverished district in Port-au-Prince,…

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Notes on Politics, Law and Language

My notes on politics, law and language: If the message is jumbled no one cares about the economic plan.  But to have an unjumbled message is not so easy.  To state and receive any message depends on a shared vocabulary, shared cultural values, shared political understandings, differences which are recognized because the underlying foundations of…

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Visionary Christian Idealism

Visionary Christian Idealism Kant’s Three Questions Near the end of Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason, Kant has a section titled: The Canon of Pure Reason; Of the Ideal of the Highest Good, as a Determining Ground of the Ultimate End of Pure Reason. (B833/A805). All the interests of Kant, with respect to his idea…

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I Stand with Riley Gaines. And William Penn.

I stand with Riley Gaines. Normally this website is a vehicle for me to present topics I think are something more than the politics of the day.  I avoid snarky exchanges, commentary that will be old by next week.  I present my Christian poetry, themed by the Book of Revelation.  I present poetry from a…

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Global Crisis

Darryl K. Blackwell’s Global Crisis music: Wes Montgomery – Bumpin’ on Sunset [This was performed by Darryl Blackwell recently as part of an inmate-generated, recorded program for other inmates at Pennsylvania’s Mahanoy State Correctional Institute, near Frackville, PA.  At Darryl’s request, I also post this link: http://www.connectnetwork.com 1. It’s a global crisis/Invisible enemy/Grips east to…

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Four Introspective Saints

When the Lamb opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour: Hammy – The Lord is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him. Didn’t Habakkuk say that? Inwardly a Jew, circumcised in spirit. Silence is worship – to quietly carry Isaac’s wood. In reverence for…

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“My writing draws on the places and moments that have shaped me—from the spirit of San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury to the solemn beauty of the National Memorial Arch at Valley Forge. Faith and Christian reflections guide much of my work, as do the hard truths revealed through prison ministry. Together, these influences form the foundation of my voice.”

National Memorial Arch at Valley Forge Park sm

The National Memorial Arch at Valley Forge Park