Welcome. My name is Ray W. Rowney, Jr., author of License to Steal. I’m so happy to have you as a visitor to my blog about my book.
I’m using this blog to expand on some of its topics using current day issues, in the hope that together we can stop the declining values in America.
Monthly Archives: February 2016
Why Voters Are “Outraged” As results from state primaries and caucuses come in, I am disgusted and turned-off by endless exit polls and media commentaries purportedly seeking to determine voter motivations. After far too many debates among potential candidates, it only requires one or two to identify issues, at which TV moderators seek to pit one against another to stir up more viewer interest, the inevitable result is too often character assassinations. Sadly, today far too many Americans seem to…..
As I listen to the continuing battle between Bernie and Hillary over who can promise the most “free stuff” to blatantly attempt to “buy” votes, I am reminded of Margaret Thatcher’s sage advice: “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money to spend!” How ironic that Bernie can rail against a man or woman accumulating wealth through the American Dream of using personal ingenuity, talents, and hard work, yet at the same time promote…..
The popularity and value of a donut is the stuff of which its made, not the empty hole in the center which is only a by product.
The other day as I read a column by a founder of the Religious Freedom Center, I was reminded of the old saying, “Keep your eye upon the donut and not upon the hole.”
This column shared that the school board in Howard County, Maryland, voted unanimously to close schools for a Hindu…..
My favorite music is Southern Gospel. Its strength and power is not just a feel-good response, but the truth that God changes lives. The other day as I again listened to the above Gospel message, I was moved by how truly appropriate it is for America today.
The second verse proclaims that the Statue of Liberty must save a world that’s lost, recognizing that only the freedoms provided under God are ever lasting. Today, in America, far too many, especially…..
Have a Nice day… 🙂