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This time of year is a special time.  The dark comes earlier giving us more time for reflection.  Last week I attended a Christmas (Holiday) concert with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra and Princeton choir.   There were incredibly talented solo tenor and solo mezzo soprano singers.  The orchestra with its stringed instruments, horns, trumpets, cymbals and majestic voices at times transported one to a soaring, higher dimension that transcends all our concerns and worries.   P

This Post is a repeat of the February 2025 martinsblogs Post No. 41 of the same title. I am repeating information from this post because it is relevant to recent events related to the Gaza peace process. In this post from February, I suggested the key to peace in Gaza centers on getting active involvement by the surrounding Arab nations, and in neutralizing Iran. The Administration has done just this in getting to phase one of the peace process. If y0u like what I said h

Listen to the Short Story, "The Atheist", an exploration of belief, disbelief and marital relations.

Wednesday was Sarah’s long day. She normally worked from home but every Wednesday she took the train into the city for in-person meetings...

Opinion writers on the left and the right have recently voiced that we should be able to have civil discussions among citizens.   Even...

Robert Roboski was enjoying his ride home as he crossed over a river listening to his favorite podcaster.  As the podcast played, Robert...

This post explores the economicx contrast between Generation Z (born 1997-2012) and the Baby Boom generation (born 1946-1964). It...

Jesus’ Radical Message What is more important, “If someone hurts you, hurt them back” or “Treat others the way you want to be treated”. ...

INTRODUCTION I was stimulated to write this blog by the May 17, 2025 car bombing of a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, California.  The...

Yesterday, May 4, was fifty-five years since the killings of student protesters against the Vietnam war at Kent State University in Ohio....

This is the story of Gregory Gotchia.  G. Gotchia always had difficulty enjoying the mundane things in life.  He often had things in mind...

On March 7, 1965 civil rights marchers were brutally attacked by State Troopers as they sat and prayed on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in...

A poem to start this post: Sometimes my heart aches When I gaze across the sea At death and destruction That doesn’t need to be You say...

In Part One we explored whether humans are naturally violent and, if this were the case, there is not a lot we can do to prevent eventual...

Post No. 39: China and the U.S.: Part One Are Humans Naturally Violent? The issue of China and its massive economic and military strength...

Note: This post is not political nor is it meant to be about Religion. It’s about Jesus the man, his example and insights. And it is...

During these times when people are experiencing anxiety (on one side) and exuberance (on the other), perhaps it is timely to investigate...

This post is about policies from two past presidents, and what we might learn from them today.  The scribblings in this post may or may...

Have you ever imagined what you might want to see in an improved human society?  Many of us see things we don’t like and wonder how it...