“The Reformation happened because people hadn’t the brains to understand Aquinas.”  Author unknown but mentioned in a 1936 article on G. K. Chesterton. Miss Constitution would say that the cultural, legal, and ethical unraveling in America today is happening because people haven’t the brains to understand and appreciate our unique

For those of you who have not seen the 2011 World War I movie “War Horse”, there is a scene near the end of the movie where the frightened horse, Joey, gets wrapped in painful barbed wire in “no-man’s land.”  The wire is ultimately cut by men from both sides

“Substantially, Marxism-Leninism denies that there is any soul; that there is any after life; that there is any God. That is part and parcel of the entire theory.”  Bella Dodd in testimony before a Senate subcommittee in 1952. For those readers unfamiliar with Bella Dodd (1904-1969), she was one of

“Societies, even ones that are well governed, prosperous, and highly regarded by most citizens, are fragile human constructs that can fail.” - From a Chicago Field Museum anthropological study   “Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot

"And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe. And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot; and thereby hangs a tale." William Shakespeare Each of us still living will have something to say about what that tale will be.  Miss Constitution has asked readers repeatedly

“Fools stand on their island of opportunities and look toward another land. There is no other land; there is no other life but this.”  Henry David Thoreau There is no other life but this; there is no other moment than now.  Although meant as golfing advice to tournament players,

“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.” Benjamin Franklin As noted last week in Dry Bones, our unique governance system is all connected.  When those in power do not understand the system and damage it by neglect or deliberately mangle

“Ezekiel cried, "Dem dry bones!" Ezekiel cried, "Dem dry bones!" Ezekiel cried, "Dem dry bones!" "Oh, hear the word of the Lord." The foot bone connected to the leg bone, The leg bone connected to the knee bone, The knee bone connected to the thigh bone, The thigh bone