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The Thērion and you – a Foundation for Fiscal Holocaust, Part III

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Fiscal holocaust - If economic sanctions are used recklessly, they [economic sanction tools] could be broken forever or trigger unforeseen economic and political repercussions that could come back to haunt America.

In the first 100 days of the second Trump Presidency, the President whipsawed threats and implementation of massive tariffs on friend and foe alike, possibly inching toward a foundation for a fiscal holocaust. In a thinly veiled effort to force the re-shoring or relocation of manufacturing to “make America great again,” President Trump tapped the … Read more

The Thērion and you, Brace for Impact? Part II

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After diplomatic cacophony in the Oval Office, is an era of darkness and irrelevancy settling on the European Continent or something else?

Diplomatic hubris descended into Oval Office cacophony on Feb. 28, 2025, as a stunned global audience looked on aghast, tensed up to brace for impact. “You don’t have the cards,” barked President Donald Trump to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, wrapping up a free-for-all pile-on from administration officials. Hopes of a deal for security guarantees and peace instantly vanished, all-but-scuttled for the time being.
After diplomatic cacophony in the Oval Office, is an era of darkness and irrelevancy settling on the European Continent or something else?
After diplomatic chaos in the Oval Office, is an era of darkness and irrelevancy settling on the European Continent — or something else? (iStock)

A planned staged show of unity collapsed disastrously into chaos, with diplomatic and economic shock waves rolling out of D.C. and across the globe. After a brief pause and no possibility of a signed agreement for Ukrainian minerals, Zelenskyy was asked to leave by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, once an advocate for the Ukrainian President.

“The free world needs a new leader”

How bad was the reaction from long-time allies? “Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader,” said Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, quoted in Bloomberg. “It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.”

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The coming world-ruling Thērion and you, Part I

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Will Trump have a role in creating the Therion?

In a world increasingly dominated by disinformation, a rising threat of unthinkable thermonuclear war, conflict piled upon conflict, and loss of key societal freedoms, is it even possible to think of thoughts and expectations for peace? As Americans withdraw from a stabilizing global benefactor into self-serving protectionism, anxieties and fears soar across the planet.

In central Europe, screeching missiles shatter infrastructure and tranquility and innocents suffer brutally. In the Middle East, destructive military rockets crisscross multiple countries, as cell phones explode in the hands of militants, triggering panic and elevating already-high misery. A very real threat of superpower conflict smolders in the 81-mile-wide strait between mainline China and Taiwan, the latter a hyper-critical global economic linchpin.

As a new Presidential administration appears to foment chaos, upending order in the name of progress, Foreign Affairs magazine leads with coverage detailing “The Strange Triumph of a Broken America.”

What is the hope – at the least the short-term hope – of the world?

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How would you answer?

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Are you a good judge of character - a view from the Indianapolis Community Justice campus.

The defense attorney unexpectedly looked me straight in the eye.

“Juror Number Eight, are you a good judge of character?”

How would you have answered?Are you a good judge of character - a view from the Indianapolis Community Justice campus. https://indycjc.com/

I was sitting in the jury box in a courtroom high up in the gleaming new Community Justice Campus in Indianapolis. It was not a place where I would have chosen to be, except that I had received the yellow Summons for Jury Service postcard a few weeks earlier, ordering me to appear as a prospective juror.

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Live Differently – Abide

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Live differently - abide

What does “abide” have to do with living successfully in an anxiety-saturated, hope-sapped world?  What’s the pathway – what should be our focus?

Here’s a vital directive that can help us. It was given to us some 2,000 years ago on possibly the darkest night of the physical universe. Just hours before His gruesome death and ultimate sacrifice, our Savior and Elder Brother, Jesus Christ the Messiah, provided this deeply personal and powerful imperative command.

Live differently - abideHis directive is heightened by the fact that he was in full possession of the facts. He knew full well what was about to happen to Him, and, as the Bible records, it troubled Him. But His focus was elsewhere, like ours needs to be.

While Jesus knew he would soon experience searing pain, humiliation and death, he had been given a remarkably special gift.

What was that gift?

In Hebrews 1, verse nine, we read something that sometimes gets read right over. Quoting Psalm 45:6-7, we read from the New Living Translation, “You [referring to Jesus Christ] love justice and hate evil.
Therefore…your God has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else”

We may not think of Jesus Christ being a joy-filled person while on earth, but the Bible confirms that He had a special anointing of joy from God Himself.  The spiritually driven positive outlook was part of Jesus’ ministry. What did that gift reflect?

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Why the Middle East?

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Saw an interesting social media post — perhaps a bit snarky — asking why in a complicated world of 7.4 billion people would the Bible appear to exclusively focus only on one general area: the Middle East? The snarky bit emphasizes the apparent myopic view of this ancient text, particularly as it focuses on numerous … Read more

A New Beginning – Seeking the Way

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“Do everything in love.” An unexpected directive at the conclusion of an intense ancient letter. When the apostle Paul wrote his first letter (or rather, the first letter that we know of) to the gentile congregation at Corinth, he covered the whole spectrum. He profoundly emphasized the truth of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, to … Read more