Valentine's
Day , The Impeachment Trial Begins. A Short Story by Leo Tolstoy
Valentine's Day
February
mean's Valentine's Day and thoughts of love. My first experience with
Valentine's Day was when I was six and in the first grade. I got a
beautiful gold valentine from a boy in my class that I have never
forgotten, although I have never seen him since elementary school. It
made me realize how important are our early years in determining our
feelings and our thoughts and ultimately our lives. I hope
Valentine's Day will be a special one for you. If you don't have a
special someone in your life than be sure to celebrate Valentine's
day by giving yourself a Valentine's Day treat in honor of the
universal power of love.
The
Impeachment Trial Begins
Tuesday—January
21, 2020
Friedrich
Neitzsche wrote--
“I'm
not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't
believe you.”
“To
recognize untruth as a condition of life--that certainly means
resisting accustomed value feelings in a dangerous way; and a
philosophy that risks this would by that token alone place itself
beyond good and evil.”
Neitzshe's
words still are meaningful to us now. We are living at a time when
truth itself is being manipulated so as to blur the lines between
truth and lies. The disagreement between the Democrats and the
Republicans about the rules of the coming impeachment trial is about
suppressing truth itself. Will the members of one political party be
successful in suppressing witnesses and documents that tell us the
truth about what happened between President Trump and the Ukrainian
President Selinsky and will the truth of this event be suppressed for
political reasons and ultimately undermine our precious democracy?
The way the senators vote at this trial will be very important both
now and in the future and will certainly be remembered at the ballot
box in November and in the history books for future generations to
ultimately be our judges.
Master
and Man
A
Short story by Leo Tolstoy
This
is a story about a man who is obsessed with money and power and who
has little compassion or understanding for those less fortunate and
who “attains a spiritual/moral revelation.when his life is
endangered. This story once again repeats one of Tolstoy's famous
themes: That the only true happiness in life is found in living for
others.” Wikipedia )
This
story, which was written in 1895, still resonates in our troubled
times when so many powerful, educated and influential people are
choosing personal and political gain over truth and morality. Money
and power are a powerful incentive which many people in the past and
unfortunately in the present have not been able to resist and who
still are willing to deny truth, and compromise their life values to
attain. We are now seeing this drama being enacted in front of our
eyes every day on our television screens.
