At the beginning of our history as a nation, there wasn’t very much to occupy a person’s free time such as sports. Of course, there was no television, so you couldn’t watch a baseball game. And it’s sad, what with the NBA championship coming up, there wasn’t even a game of basketball that had been invented yet. And no football either.
In a Peanuts comic strip, Lucy is wearing a baseball cap and leaning on a baseball bat as she talks to Charlie Brown. He’s also wearing a baseball hat. And a frown. Lucy says to Charlie: “You’re not a good manager . . . you know why?”
In his “Project for Moral Perfection” one of the character traits Benjamin Franklin wanted to become morally perfect in the application of was Sincerity. He described this trait as: “Use no harmful deceit; think innocently and justly, and if you speak, speak accordingly.”
It seems unusual and even shocking that when Pontius Pilate sent Christ down for the scourging that didn’t satisfy the crowd’s desire for his crucifixion. Pilate found no fault in Him after all, and hoped against hope that this would satisfy them. It didn’t.
There are those who deem it necessary to besmirch the characters of GREAT men in the history of the Unites States. Much that is untrue has been said or written about Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and yes, even George Washington.
On this Woman’s Day, or Take the Day Off for Women, or whatever they called it today, allowing women to take the day off from work and everything else. Darn, I missed what they named it. Anyway it seemed like a good day to see what John Adams said about his wife, Abigail, to his family.
James Madison, yes, the Father of the Constitution was filled with zeal for the patriot cause. He became so supportive of the Revolution that he was suspicious of anyone who sounded like, or gave outward signs that they were against this cause in America.
I just read a nice complimentary comment from a reader about my books. It made me feel so good, I thought I’d pass it along. One reader said about reading my book “Founding Fathers—Uncommon Heroes” that it was very interesting reading and it “is filling me with gladness!”
Happy Birthday Abraham Lincoln
When you read history, I mean real history, you learn that the nation was born out of Christian beliefs, notwithstanding what President Obama has said about us not being a Christian nation.