Any discussion about abortion should be proceeded with the following statements: “There is no sin greater than God’s Providential Mercy and forgiveness” We should all examine the “logs in our own eyes before being critical of the slivers in the eyes of others”. And finally, we are called to remember that “he who is without […]
Author: Dr. John Livingston
Time to Engage the Woke
The concept of charity and lending a helping hand has a Biblical basis in Christian-Judeo theology. Helping the poor in the new and Old Testament was a covenant act between giver and receiver to which God is a party. “What you do unto the least of my brothers you do unto me” and “Do unto […]
Dubious Transgender Science
The word transgender has been used inappropriately as a substitute for the word “Gender Dysphoria.” There is an increasing number of children and adults who desire to present themselves as members of the opposite sex. THIS IS NOT NEW. Since the time of Fraud child psychologists have recognized the transient nature of young children—ranging in […]
Beware of the Holy State
I am not one to question the Ecclesiastical authority of Pope Francis. I am not an apologetic so taking Umbridge with the Biblical authority of The Church is certainly above my paygrade. I am a proud Catholic and regarding issues of history, economics, and common sense I feel obliged to voice an opinion about certain […]
Ode to Claire
I was blessed to play on an incredible small college football team at Wittenberg University. Freshman year I played on the “scout” team. The function of the “scout” team was to run the offensive and defensive plays of the opposing team against our own varsity teammates. Our varsity that year won the first Amos Alonzo […]
Liz Cheney is a wife and a mother. For that she should be respected. I try to find good in everybody and that is all that I got for Liz. She is also her father’s daughter. Like John Kasich, Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney, George Bush, and Brad Little she is a political “legacy”. Her access […]
Old Soldiers
One of the hardest aspects about retiring, I still hope to volunteer and hope to do mission work, is accepting the fact that I am increasingly becoming professionally less relevant. In some ways, this has crossed over into my personal life. Last Mother’s Day my granddaughter and I approached the maitre d at The River […]
Context and Solitude
Two of the smartest, most educated, and clearest thinkers that I have met in my life are my brother who owns a trucking company, and my brother-in-law who has owned and skippered several commercial fishing boats out of Kodiak Alaska. They both are extremely well read and are facile in The Classics, Modern and Ancient […]
Racism in Medical Education
Higher education has become obsessed with “woke culture.” I graduated from Medical School at THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY in 1976. Already at that time “sensitivity training” and cultural awareness programs were starting up. These were not in the basic or clinical sciences but could be found in Public Health Departments. The Department of Engineering at […]
Join the Fight
Over the past few months, I have had several conversations with Catholic Priests and Protestant Ministers, and several Religious Catholic Sisters about the lack of support amongst the clergy and the institutions of “The Church” for support of fundamental Christian Principles specifically about RIGHT TO LIFE issues like the rights of the Unborn Child, end […]
Never be Tame
C. S. Lewis is one of my favorite Christian apologetics. Probably best known for THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA. In a collection of essays first printed in 1958 under the title “God in The Dock”, he warns us how science and good intentions can be perverted by the State. Hitler’s scientific justification for the Holocaust and […]
Extremist Bullies Rule our State
For the past 4 days I have read and listened to folks in the media opine about the “deep fractures” in the Idaho Republican Party. I reviewed the press release from Take Back Idaho (TBI) implying that our new Republican Party Chairwoman is an “extremist”. Like a bully who has just been “stuffed in the […]