Commutation Support Letter for Darryl Blackwell
12-21-21 Letter of Support – reviewedDownload
T’ao Ch’ien, Wang Wei and Li Po Drop by the Coffee House
Courtesy of translator David Hinton, three more Chinese poets, dating from 365 A.D. to 761, have arrived for tea and poetry readings in my Coffee House of faith. The years are distant, the geography is distant, but for just such reasons, the dialogue has substance. Their images and observations, their collective plights and pleasures, present…
A Coffee House Debate with Hsieh Ling-yun, Mountain Poet
After my encounter with the Chinese Poet, Tu Fu, of the 8th century A.D., courtesy of translator extraordinaire David Hinton, I found ancient Chinese poetry rather habit-forming. One of the great things about creating an imaginary coffee house like mine is its flexibility – anyone interested or interesting can be invited in. As it turns…
Back to the Coffee House with Tu Fu
My self-assigned duty to write the next and final post on Citizens United has expanded into a major project. Like all such projects, it’s taking way longer than expected. In the interim, my daughter Elise married Alex at Auburn Valley State Park in Delaware, my son Nathan and daughter-in-law Rochelle brought Roslyn into the world…
A Devotional Intermission on Valentine’s Day
While I’m preparing the next post on Citizens United, which I suppose in its own way is devotional also, it seems appropriate to present a different type of devotional. Certainly it’s shorter and easier to read. This reflects love also, but directed in a less traditional way. Pass-Marked for Thee Oh my soul, such experiences,…
A Christian Idealist’s Guide to Citizens United (Part 5)
In July, September, October and December, 2020, expressing my postmillennial idealism, I posted commentaries on the case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310, with further commentaries on related cases. Citizens United, its antecedents and its progeny, deal with political and election finance, but more…
A Christian Idealist’s Guide to Citizens United (Part 4)
On July 24, September 26 and October 27, 2020, expressing my postmillennial idealism, I posted commentaries on the case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310, with further commentaries on related cases. Citizens United, its judicial antecedents and its progeny, most specifically deal with the…
A Christian Idealist’s Guide to Citizens United (Part 3)
A Christian Idealist’s Guide to Election Finance Cases (Part 3) On July 24 and September 26, 2020, I posted commentaries on the case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), and related cases about election finance issues. This is a continuation of that commentary,…
A Christian Idealist’s Guide to Citizens United Part 2
Related Election Finance Cases Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010), is a well-known or notorious case about election finance, corporate donations and politics. It was rightly decided. I posted extended commentary on Citizens United on July 24, 2020. This post is part II, discussing some pertinent election finance cases which were…
THE PA COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IS DEAD AND NOT COMING BACK
The Covid-19 Lockdown is dead