In part one of this series, I covered an introduction to social stratification – the classification of people – and covered slavery in the ancient times of Rome, Egypt and Greece. In this part two of this series, I covered a more in-depth history of slavery, albeit, as mentioned many times, just that history alone […]
A Dark Time In History – Part Two
In part one of this series, I covered an introduction to slavery and some – I say “some” due to the fact that this subject could easily command a 50,000 page book – of the events in ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt. In part two, I am skipping history time forward to the 1,000’s to […]
A Dark Time In History – Part One
As a writer, we are often called to do more than just write our thoughts off-the-cuff. Often times, in order to get the writing to make any sense, we find ourselves reading, researching a subject or subjects. As one can imagine, while researching, we are taken from one reading to the next to the next […]
Your Own Personal Jesus
In 1989, the British band Depeche Mode launched their Violator album. On that album is a song titled “Personal Jesus.” But what inspired them to write the song Personal Jesus? The song was written by Martin Gore, who later explained in 1990 to Spin magazine that the lyrics were actually based on the autobiography “Elvis […]
What Is A Hero
If I was to define a “hero,” I would have a million people that I would call my hero. A hero can be; as a hero is from the smallest acts of kindness to a doctor and nurse covered in blood. A burned firefighter that just saved a baby from death; someone he or she […]