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: April 2017
My Mother had an embroidered saying which I still hang in front of my desk: “Old age is not for sissies!” At 79 and now barely able to walk, I use two canes and move at a snail’s pace, but I start each day with this encouragement. I am also comforted by a pop tune from my younger days, “I didn’t promise you a rose garden!” For me, the challenge of old age is simply a question of mind…..
The noble experiment of a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, rather than being governed by a king or monarch who inherited or usurped such powers, staked its future on the “rule by law”, rather than “rule by birth” or “rule by might”. For America’s first 150 years, “Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Law” were used to define the law and train persons therein throughout America. Blackstone taught that common law evolved from God, whose…..
How refreshing and encouraging that the airport in Syria, responsible for the planes which dumped chemical weapons, was promptly rendered useless by a measured, aggressive response from President Trump. I believe this action signals a US return to the world scene led by our new, common sense President. Bullies respond to force not rhetoric. However, it was appropriate that the force demonstrated was limited so as not to encourage a world war, but to clearly send the message that…..
Today, I believe far too many Americans take our educational system for granted, and are too prone to take a “hands-off” approach. They believe schools are to teach “reading, writing, and arithmetic” and not permit God and His values to be discussed or promoted. One need only review the front pages of newspapers, in cities throughout our country, to see ample evidence of the results of drifting from the visions of our God-based founders. Too many parents, some of…..