Stop Globalists From Destroying America
The globalists, despite lies, threats, intimidation, and voter fraud, are still attempting to destroy America. Obama is threatening...


Observations on King Lear and the Apocalypse
I am an incessant worrier, but for myself and others who worry, a little advice from C.S. Lewis: In King Lear (III:vii) there is a man...


Pumpkin Patch Update June 4, 2016
So this is the latest from the patch. Good growth so far. I originally had my doubts about how much water the soaker hose was getting...


Pumpkin Patch Update May 30, 2016
So it's been about two weeks, and the patch is off to a great start this season. I actually placed the seeds in hills this time to help...


Tempest Pumpkin Patch 2016!
So my enthusiasm for Halloween led me to start a pumpkin patch in our side garden last year. However, after the enthusiasm wore off...


Hello. We're The Beards. And we're fat.
Over the past several years, we have spent our time in what many people term "marital bliss," although that may have a relatively...


A Theoretical Analysis of the Impact of Calvinism in Melville’s Moby-Dick or, The Whale
A Theoretical Analysis of the Impact of Calvinism in Melville’s Moby-Dick or, The Whale Although the transcendentalist movement of the...


Inherent Evil and Lack of Virtue in Lippard's Black Andy--as well as almost every other characte
Although many scholars would argue that Lippard's character Black Andy, more readily referred to as The Bulgine, or the Negroe in The...


Temperance in Moby Dick
After reading the first three-quarters of the novel, it had been illustrated that the goal of the Pequod--and subsequently its crew--was,...


Social-Learning Theory in Ishmael
Although most literary criticism has been tested and given merit over time, there is little to be said of applying a sociological theory...