The power of hate never ceases to amaze and disturb me. Hatred is the face of evil. We have all seen the irrational rants, marches, wanton destruction, threats, violence and assassination attempts of the lunatics with TDS, co-opted by evil’s hatred.
In a healthy person, passion is balanced by reason. Hatred destroys the mind and the soul. A deranged person is no longer in control. Their “demons” of hatred make them dangerous to themselves, others, even their children. It is as if they’ve been subsumed by the Borg collective. Using another Star Trek analogy, Mr. Spock represents the extreme of rationality, but is devoid of emotion and humanity.
My multi-talented wife taught me the lesson of balancing “form and function” in design. She designed our home, which admirably suits our needs and is aesthetically pleasing.
I’m not a lawyer, but I have enough common sense to comprehend matters outside my expertise. Consequently, I recognize the animus for President Trump in Washington, D.C., is imbalanced, illogical and destructive. One might expect better from the deliberative Supreme Court. However, this branch of government once gave us the despicable Dred Scott ruling, which fueled the Civil War.
Recently, the Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that President Trump could continue the White House Ballroom. Disturbingly, Chief Justice Roberts and the three uber-liberal women (one of whom can’t identify a woman) maintained that the project was illegal.
I can’t comment on the technicalities of law, but it seems commonsensical that a “privately funded state ballroom” able to accommodate a state dinner or an inauguration should be finished. After all, multiple presidents have remodeled the White House, but none so irrationally hated as President Trump. Furthermore, necessary security will be enhanced with the ballroom project, hopefully preventing further issues as happened at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner.
You might be surprised to learn that the notion of judicial review is not expressly stated in Article III, Section 2 of the Constitution. But all that changed in 1803 when the “most important decision in constitutional law” was rendered by the Supreme Court.
As Mrs. Doubtfire’s husband once said, “Brace yourself,” because a little history is necessary to understand this extremely important Supreme Court ruling, which now affects so much in modern America.
In 1800, just before Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated, President John Adams gave William Marbury a judicial appointment. But because the appointment had not yet been delivered, Jefferson directed his Secretary of State James Madison not to deliver the commission. Marbury sued, and it went to the Supreme Court, where John Marshall was Chief Justice.
Cagily, Marshall ruled that Marbury was entitled to the commission, but that the Court did not have the authority to grant the commission. Marbury won his case, but never got the appointment/commission.
And with that ruling, the Supreme Court established the legal precedent that the Court could override both the Legislative and Executive branches of the government. Originalists maintain that this was not the intent of the founders who wrote the Constitution. The alleged balance of power has now shifted because the three coequal branches of government are an illusion. And we see it every day with lawfare.
But there are numerous other areas where common sense and balance are being upended by destructive ideologies and deranged hatred. I’ll give examples.
Biden and his handlers opened the borders to criminals and unvetted throngs whom the Democrats needed for Congressional apportionment and to be kept in thrall to and vote for the Democratic Party. President Trump fixed the border in short order and is deporting criminals and law-breaking illegal aliens.
Everywhere it has been tried, socialism has failed miserably. Capitalism is demonstrably the greatest engine for prosperity. Even communist China is using it. Until such time when man is perfected, police and the military will be necessary to protect citizens and ensure national integrity. To argue for their abolition is imbalanced lunacy.
I am not following the Lindsay Clancy trial because it is too disturbing for me. I experienced similar horror with the Exorcist movie. Though it is Clancy’s right to a trial, I could not serve as a juror. Only evil could harm a child. She has admitted that she killed her children, but claims she was depressed and is pleading insanity. She is certainly imbalanced, but like her leaders in Massachusetts who recently passed a law allowing abortion up to the time of birth, she may get to live with her demons.
Humans always look for explanations. I understand Democrats. They want power and prestige, if not money. This is no different than Republicans or humans in general. But with these desires come the question of balance. Is there a code that regulates behavior?
The ancients developed a set of perspectives which we now call the “Cardinal” virtues. These are justice (fairness), moderation, courage and common sense. These proved worthwhile in ancient Greece, Rome and other civilizations as manifestations of morality. However, Jesus espoused a higher level of ethics, eloquently stated by the Apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 13:13 as faith, hope and love. We know these as the “Theological” virtues. I envision these metaphorically as the rudder steering my ship on the sea of life. A rudderless ship is soon lost.
It is not surprising that our country is in trouble. Many see God as irrelevant in their daily lives. Consequently, we are in the process of replacing God with government. Let me be clear: I am not advocating a theocracy. I’m just stating that God should be preeminent in our functional awareness. I’m not a holier-than-thou type, but as an example, I don’t steal, speed or cheat on my taxes for fear of being caught and punished by the police or the IRS. On the contrary, I don’t violate these virtues because that would not be right and would be an affront to God.
The pathway to a virtuous and purposeful life is adherence to the Cardinal and Theological virtues. America’s salvation can only come from reaffirming the timeless wisdom of the ages.
