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Lawrence Charles McClarey: Requiescat In Pace

Donald R. McClarey — Sun, 19 May 2013 13:31:35 +0000

My beloved son, Lawrence Charles McClarey, passed away of a seizure last night. I found him this morning at 6:15 AM when I attempted to rouse him for the “Daddy Readings” that he and I had done daily since he was a small boy. Larry had autism, an infectious smile, and was a continual [...]

Pentecost: Why Was the Holy Spirit Sent?

Donald R. McClarey — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:30:58 +0000

Saint Thomas Aquinas, in his sermon on Pentecost, explains why the Holy Spirit was sent to us: I say, first, the Holy Spirit is sent without His needing to be sent. When someone is sent to a place so that an event may happen which could not happen unless he were sent, this [...]

May 19, 1863: First Assault at Vicksburg

Donald R. McClarey — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:25:41 +0000

After his successes at Jackson, Champion Hill and Big Black River, Grant assumed that Confederate morale might be low enough that Vicksburg could be taken by assault and avoid a time consuming siege. In that he was mistaken. The Confederates lacked the strength to defeat him in open battle. but they had both the [...]

IRS Scandal: A Warning

Donald R. McClarey — Sun, 19 May 2013 10:25:12 +0000

Hattip to CDR M at Ace of Spades. Once you have governments using their resources against political adversaries the results can be dire indeed. From the proprietor of the blog War News Update: I know that this news story is not a defense/war/conflict post …. but many are asking for my opinion [...]

IRS Scandal: When You Have Lost Piers Morgan…

Donald R. McClarey — Sat, 18 May 2013 11:04:52 +0000

Hattip to Ed Morrissey at Hot Air. Let’s see, it was only back in January that Piers Morgan, Brit and obnoxious CNN talking head, pooh-poohed the idea that America could ever have a tyrannical government. Go here to read my comment at that time. In the above video, in which he is talking to [...]

Her Southern Soldier Boy

Donald R. McClarey — Sat, 18 May 2013 10:30:50 +0000

The gentlemen killed and the gentlemen died, But she was the South’s incarnate pride That mended the broken gentlemen And sent them out to the war again, That kept the house with the men away And baked the bricks where there was no clay, Made courage from terror and bread from bran And propped the [...]