by Gary Simpson | Dec 21, 2021
“It’s the most wonderful time of the year!” The title of that old Holiday favorite crooned by Andy Williams rings true for me today, but not for any of the reasons expounded in the lyrics. For me the most wonderful time of the year rang in at exactly 10:59 EST this...
by Gary Simpson | Nov 18, 2021
My telephone rang yesterday morning, and as is my habit, I checked the caller ID before answering. The screen revealed that the call originated from Glasgow. What?! My heart skipped a beat. My eyes and ears had been on Glasgow and the United Nations Climate Summit...
by Gary Simpson | Oct 31, 2021
On the eve of All Saints Day (a.k.a. ‘All Hallows Eve’ or ‘Halloween’) in 1517 an obscure German parish priest and professor of theology at the University of Wittenberg was busily rummaging through a carpenter’s tool box in search of a hammer. He had just finished...
by Gary Simpson | Oct 21, 2021
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet… ~ Romeo & Juliet – Act II Scene II What’s in a name? The phrase ‘A rose by any other name would smell as sweet’ implies that things are what they are, no...
by Gary Simpson | Oct 20, 2021
“May God, working through each of us, save the United States of America.” ~ A. King – 10/19/2021 Without theatrical bombast or oratorical ostentation, but with measured yet moving rhetoric, a King yesterday argued against monarchy and autocracy and for saving...