An essay, The Eight Reasons for the Fourth Amendment, is available for free. Go back up to the menu, let the sub headings appear, then click on one of these. An 18 page essay, Jefferson and the Meaning of the Declaration: That Continental Congress intended to Include all Men is free here exclusively on WordPress: Thomas Jefferson and the Meaning of the Declaration: That the Continental Congress Intended to Include All Men. Mark A. McDonald, Oakland Community College, Dece

I am trying to distinguish the pre-Mosaic Egyptian teaching from the post-Mosaic, as in the Papyrus of Hunifer and the Papyrus of Ani. Akhenaton and this montheism seems to have occurred before Moses, but after Joseph went into Egypt with the teaching of Abraham of the name "God Most High," given by Melchizadek. The Pyramid texts, with the earliest copy of the Book of Life, contain spells and negative commandments, but lack anything like the transcendent theology attributed t

On Easter morning, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb before sunrise, and saw that the stone had been rolled away. She must also have seen that the tomb was empty, since she went to John and Peter and told them that they had taken the Lord out of the tomb, and “we do not know where they have laid him.” So John and Peter ran to the tomb, and though John outran Peter, he paused, and Peter went in first, and saw what may be the shroud of Turin, and the napkin that was on his head.

I'v been occasionally translating John, and listening to the classes of Chuck Missler, and have some things to add. I should take up the work of a commentary on this, easily one of the ten best of all books. Here I have the beginning and the end: The word gignomai is mistranslated as "made," it is "have come to be," and this is more general than the making of the creation. " Gignomai " includes beings that are not made but begotten. Made would be poiesis . This mistranslati

In progress- Anyone want to do a class reading Macbeth? I will try to work up a Macbeth essay as good as that of Lowenthal, as though I were in the class of de Alvarez again, trying to demonstrate the virtue of the approach. I have just a couple notes to Macbeth in my Lear book, and have very much rushed past this, his shortest play and one of the 4 or 5 great tragedies. Tyranny is first an order of soul. This leads to the difficulty of the first attempt to define tyranny as

Here is a genuine ghost story for the Halloween season. Our Michigan local history of the Dixboro Ghost is told quite well by Carol Willits Freeman in her book Of Dixboro, Lest We Forget , and by Russel Bidlock, in a 1962 paper, “The Dixboro Ghost,” presented to the Washtenaw County Historical Society. This Michigan pioneer ghost story, too, is especially astonishing in a number of ways that invite our musing and commentary in the harvest season. A complete drama is posted un

Act IV, Scene ii i Miss Clark’s school, Ann Arbor Miss Clark: One purpose then of Halloween is of course to test and overcome our fears, often irrational, as ladies and even men have of the darkness, some long after the fancies of childhood are to be left behind. This occurs from lack of practice and reflection- Do not fear to enter late, but quietly- [Enter Jane and sister] Our ox has eaten flowers from my hair, and from this become ill, we fear, so we, have with lots of fre

Act V Scene i SD: [The home of John Geddes] John Geddes, Fanny Geddes, Jackson and Isaac. arriving: William, Joseph, John Whitney, Joseph and Jane. Neighbors, come in! Kids, little Johnny has been excited, waiting for someone to play on the sled- he has tired me out! Fanny will have hot coco for you when you tire of the cold. The sled is in the shed by the door. Come in and be seated, Fanny has coffee and cakes as well. Already the chill of winter is about to break, and parl

Act IV [ IV, Scene i ] SD: [Jackson and Isaac setting off from Hawkins with Betsy and Hawkins’ wagon, East on Plymouth-Ann Arbor road] Isaac : She seems to proceed about her work happily. Jackson : Even the beast enjoys to do its proper work. We cannot break this cart as well, we will have no wheels between us for her to pull. So I have asked her if I should inform the public. She gave but a cryptic answer, looking off into the future, saying that their time would come. I hav

Act III Scene i Rachael : The sun rises through the eastern window, and soon the boys will be awake, larking about.- You must be gone, my love! Isaac: One kiss and I’ll descend, l or rather ascend, into my workday. Set my tables away, as I was up late again considering the appearances. Advertisement Rachael : Hurry along, as you know Hawkins awaits, even at Clements store. Isaac : And Betsy, fed and harnessed as today we go for boards and shingles to the Geddes mill. [As Is

Act II Scene I [Hawkins’ House. Jackson and Isaac are building. Enter Abigail] Stop now, and come for lunch: fresh bread with eggs- and pears and thimbleberries for desert. Jackson : It is well that house building gets lighter the higher the work proceeds. Soon we will have walls and a chimney. A handsome fireplace is in progress Isaac : Of size to fit a Franklin stove. We have this oak for the mantle, when the finishing comes. Jackson : If there is iron enough, we may even

[Editing copy] A Historical Drama, By Mark A. McDonald Cover photo: The window of the house of Martha, looking in from outside, empty. Persons of the Drama Martha Mulholland, the Ghost Isaac Van Woert Rachael Van Woert Isaac Jr and Thomas, sons of the Van Woerts Joseph Crawford William Mulholland James Mullholland The Peddler John Geddes Advertisement William Percy, Esquire Dr. Samuel Denton Dr. Pitcher Charles Woodruff Jackson Hawkins Abigail Hawkins James Clements Jane Whit

In the Twentieth Century, a new kind of tyranny emerged which does not necessarily fit into the Aristotelian understanding of a city ruled by one who aims at his own self-interest. The two prominent forms of tyranny that began in the last, and may continue into the next century are fascism and communism. Fascism is an extreme “right” wing phenomenon, while communism is the “left” wing extreme. Surprisingly, these extreme opposites, in their most developed forms, have a number

In progress: Having done a bit of the history of Salem and Plymouth, I have begun to look into the things of Northville, in a way between these two towns where I have spent time inquiring. Before there even was a Salem, a village called Summit was there at Currie road and 8 mile, settled as we learn from Hoffman by Robert Purdy. A road older than the present Eight Mile went from Summit to Northville just south of the base line, and must have been an old trail. An old Salem Me

There is a teaching of Jesus that is on the same topic as that considered in the writing of Carl Jung on the shadow. Regardless of what one thinks about the Jesus question, this is the best teaching in all of psychology regarding the first or lowest level of the soul, and this ought be accessible to those on the internet. If it is not accessible, one is inclined to say, nothing of psychology can be discussed in any way in so public a forum without doing more harm than good.

This is said to be the first pop song to use the word “God” in the title, and Sir Paul McCartney- maybe the greatest song writer of all time- called it his favorite song. But on the surface, the lyric makes no sense: I may not always love you, but you need not doubt my love? If you should ever leave me, life would be pointless- yet I would continue? But that it makes no sense on the surface turns out to be helpful, as in a parable of Jesus: Fishers of men? But that it makes n

I have a rough draft of a paper due for Steven Rowe in 1983. I should collect these things and try to write. The essay is interesting for the attempt to connect and integrate Romans with the theoretical studies of man in philosophy and psychology- attempting to understand scripture in light of psychology, and psychology in light of scripture- what scripture teaches about the soul. If Paul is correct, this would be the true first principle of psychology-the death and rebirth

In a previous blog, St. Martin is referenced regarding our recent corruption. This paper, the Birmingham Jail letter, is pulled out of materials once used in my Introduction to American Government class, taught for ten years at Oakland Community College. Martin is answering critics, since he has some time on his hands while sitting in jail, and he has just answered the argument that civil disobedience breaks the law. King answered with the distinction we call natural right ,