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I THINK WE’RE AS WEAK AS WE’VE EVER BEEN AS A COUNTRY, AT LEAST IN A LONG TIME, BECAUSE OUR LEADERSHIP IS SO MISGUIDED. THERE’S A LACK OF HUMILITY, A LACK OF DIGNITY, A LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD, A LACK OF EMBRACING OTHER PERSPECTIVES. A BELLIGERENCE.   THERE WAS A SENSE OF DECENCY,...

Thomas More refused to take Henry VIII’s oath as then administered because it entailed a repudiation of papal supremacy. His right to refuse to take the oath was guaranteed to him by the Magna Carta. Prior to being sentenced for treason in July of 1535, More explained this “in discharge of his conscience”.   Jump...

“There are some upon this earth of yours,” returned the Spirit, “who lay claim to know us, and who do their deeds of passion, pride, ill-will, hatred, envy, bigotry, and selfishness in our name, who are as strange to us and all our kith and kin, as if they had never lived. Remember that, and...

Trump’s regime has broken so many laws threatened so many people and ruined or damaged so many institutions it is no longer legitimate. I wrote this in an email that I sent to my self, because my blog was broken, back on June 16,2025. Little did I know that by today, October 25, 2025, democracy...

WHILE THE FOUNDING FATHERS THROWN OVER BOARD GAGGED AND BOUND THEIR DREAM OF DEMOCRACY RAPED AND TORTURED SINK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA OF TIME FOREVER

There is sixth book to add to my top five, making them my top six. The Echo of Old Books by Barbara Davis. A masterpiece.

My four hawks returned yesterday morning. They’re so beautiful. Perfect. I thank the universe for the gifts it bestows.

In the past 50 years the human population has doubled. In the past 50 years the wildlife population has declined 70%. We are a flawed species destroying our planet.

What I type here, at my blog, appears differently than what you will see on my blog at my website, JBattorney.com. Here, at my blog, what I write appears as I have written it. On my website you will see one long, run on sentence until you click on “read more”. Once you do, the...

It’s 8 years today, Dad. I think of you regularly. And I miss you all the time. You were a great Santa. I remember coming into the living room in my pajamas on Christmas morning and there was the plate with the cookie crumbs on it and the empty glass of milk. Whatever it was...