Modern Era
In the decades after the Second World War, California achieved an iconic status. Hollywood productions portrayed the region as a virtual paradise, with glistening sandy beaches and perfect weather year round, construction and the aerospace industries were bombing. Jobs were plentiful, and they paid an ample living wage. Public schools were excellent and they became … Read more
Gavin Newsom Means Well! Doesn’t He? Gavin Newsom means well (at least for himself). His rhetoric is all about victims who need his help, criminal cartel members and illegal immigrants hunted by ICE, struggling minimum wage workers, people with sexual habits or practices that differ from the average in society (while the straights won’t bother … Read more
The Birth of Naval Aviation In the 1700s and 1800s, well-trained western professional engineers, scientists and aviation enthusiasts knew that sustained, powered flight by heavier-than-air machines was possible. Birds are heavier (denser) than the air they fly in. However the complexity of all the problems that needed to be solved simultaneously thwarted the invention of … Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On December 22nd, 2025, President Donald J. Trump and Secretary of the Navy, John C. Phelan, alongside Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, announced their intent to construct a new class of American-designed battleships that will be “the most lethal surface combatant ever constructed.” Peace through strength! Right? The shy, retiring and ever … Read more
A Christian world view is a “God’s eye” view of the world. Creation is both visible (the physical world) and invisible (the metaphysical, “spiritual” world). Ancient Christianity understands that the visible and invisible worlds are coexistent, transcendent and indistinguishable.
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