Humanity
A Writer Writes, But… ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com A writer writes, but a writer has to have something helpful to say. And, even then, people won’t listen unless they’re entertained in the process. Most people won’t. A writer’s body of work must
American Government
#AMERICA ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #AMERICA Her land is gorgeous Beyond comprehension. Her people are generous, Casual, & witty. But her politics are bombastic Self important and ugly. Her government—conceived A comforting facilitator, Creator of opportunites— Has become a hovering Dreaded, slavemaster.
Acoustic Guitar
Now is the Hour © 2016, 2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com When I finally located my High School pal, Hugh Railton in New Zealnd, in 2016, I recorded this in his honor. It was in a book of Maori Hymns he gave me, at our Chaffey H.S.
I thought this review had been lost but I searched on my own name and up it popped. It’s cool to be published in the Litereary Review of my old Alma Mater. SFSU. https://www.sfhreview.com/index.php?s=Vernon+Miles+Kerr
Misguided Patriotism
Cultural Mitosis © 2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for May 26 (thread) I’ve been on this old planet four-score years, I’ve had five years of University education. I’ve had three relatively successfull careers in unrelated fields. I’ve gone from atheism to religion to
Christianity
Christian Forgiveness © 2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com The so-called “Lord’s Prayer” in the Christian Gospel (Good News) was simply an outline that Jesus gave, in answer to a question: “Lord, how should we pray?” Matthew 6:9-13 King James Version 9 After this manner therefore pray
Citizens United
The Messy Business of Politics ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for MAY 21 (thread) Even if every politician in America had complete integrity and were a paragon of honesty, politics would be messy — because human life is messy. The bigger and more populated a society, the
Earth from Space
It’s a Goog, Goog, Googley World ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for May 19 (thread) We like to bitch about Google because it’s’owned by a huge mega-corp. But when —ever— in world history has the combined knowledge of humanity been available to such
Baby Boomers
Evil vs Good (c) 2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for May 15 (thread) Was there ever any good from Hitler’s rise? If he hadn’t caused all that trouble in Europe, I and all the other war-babies and boomers wouldn’t exist. Pre-Pearl Harbor, my
Humanity
America’s Built-in Tension ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for May 12 (thread) The 13 American Colonies, once the rebellion was over, were essentially 13 unique, countries. In order to form a larger country from that mélange, each had to give up some of its inate
Agnosticism
Genesis Redux ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for May 11 (thread) Atheists don’t waste a lot of time with the “God thing.” Maybe that’s the advantage of ideology. All matters in the relevant subject are settled firmly, thus freeing the mind for other concerns.
Conservatism
Conservatism’s Secret Source ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com #FirstCuppaJoe for Apr 25 (thread) Today’s “meditational revelation” is that the world’s “right-wing” is living in a #FascistDreamWorld, so much so, that they cannot accept the scientific realities of the human species. For example, the silly
Pariah Russia
Pariah Russia ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr #FirstCuppaJoe for Apr. 24 (thread) It took a massive “world alliance” to stop the Third Reich, and about 50 years of “Allied Occupation” in Germany to remove the taint of what the Nazis had done. Given the fact that no effective alliance exists
American Heroes
American Heroes in the Poker Game of Life ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr, and VernonMilesKerr.com There’s a common saying, here in America, often said when faced with a challenge which carries some unfortunate negative baggage, “Ya hafta play the cards that y’er dealt” We Americans love a
Humanity
And, More Time ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com I wrote yesterday, “Time is a construct of the human mind.” That’s not exactly accurate. Well, maybe it’s accurate as far as our mundane perspective goes, because, in our minds, the present doesn’t seem to exist