In parts 1 and 2, a dignified older man engaged his fellow transit riders about faith in God. To one tart, salient point, a business man could not think of an intellectually astute rebuttal, but neither did he yield the offensive. “I only believe what I can see.” The august senior replied, “Like electricity, love, … Continue reading The Parable of The Ledge (Part 3 of 4)
The Parable of the Ledge (Part 2 of 4)
Part 1 was about an older man on Chicago’s L and his conversation with his fellow passengers, which is about a man on a high mountain ledge (That’s a one paragraph review of Part 1). “While the man in our story knows he is on a dangerous ledge, humanity, generally speaking, does not know this. … Continue reading The Parable of the Ledge (Part 2 of 4)
What We Don’t Know (Halifax Explosion, #3)
Steel is hard . . . a law unto itself. It can’t be twisted, bent or broken with one’s hands. There is no contest between human skin, muscle and bone and this inflexible metal. So I have wondered how it is that military Humvees (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle – HMMWV; pictured at left), a … Continue reading What We Don’t Know (Halifax Explosion, #3)