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               A study of the history of war offers little encouragement to a world that is hungry for peace.  In ancient times wars were fought on a small scale between village and village.  Then it became tribe against tribe and province against province.  Later the combatants were nations, then coalitions of nations.  Until today it seems that virtually one half of the world is lined up against the other half.                  A similar development can be traced in the weapons that are used to wage war.  At first people fought each other with clubs […]

               Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, and we begin the season of Lent.  It is a time for all of us to stop and to reflect and remember   Do you remember those days when you dreamed beautiful dreams?  You were thinking about the wonderful life that was waiting for your over there in the future.  Dreaming is a vital part of living.  Think how impoverished our world would be without dreamers.  Every great human accomplishment is nothing more than a dream come true.  The electric light was once a dream in the mind of Thomas […]

           Time Magazine a few years ago carried an article of the latter years of billionaire Howard Hughes.  If the story is to be believed, it is one of the most tragic ever told.  It tells a story of 15 years of seclusion, loneliness, boredom, and drug addiction.  For most of that time, his only entertainment was watching old movies on his private screen.  His primary food was chicken soup, and his only associates were people who were paid to be with him.  He neglected his appearance until his hair and beard reached to his waist, […]