If you click on any of these links, you will see essays that I have previously published on my other blogs. All of the essays that are linked here are essays that have some relevance to people who live and/or work in Massachusetts.
I have arranged the essays in chronological order, oldest first under the name of the blog in which you can find them.
This was the very first essay that I published on any of my blogs. It tells the reason why there is a statewide holiday called Bunker Hill Day. This essay was published on that holiday in 2012, more than a year and a half ago.
That's how long I have been blogging.
Yesterday's terrorism in Boston Published April 16, 2013
In this essay, I stated the facts that I believed about the bombing. Many facts were not verified as of the date that I published this essay, and some facts are always in dispute whenever there is an incident of terrorism. I stated the facts that I understood and believed. For instance, I believed then, and I still believe today, that more than two bombs had been manufactured and left in a public space by the two known terrorists.
I used to listen to both of these people via a local radio station, but both of them had recently become unavailable due to the fact that the local radio station had changed ownership. The new owner had decided to broadcast prerecorded comedy instead of conservative talk shows. I was hoping to alert both of these men to this fact, and also to alert them to the fact that both of their websites still listed that local radio station as a place where Boston residents could listen to their shows.
An earthquake happened in southern Maine Published October 16, 2012
Earthquakes are rare in New England, but I felt that one in Massachusetts.
If I ran a personals ad Published March 16, 2013
Some of you don't know it, but this is a copy of a "man seeking woman" ad that I really placed on the Boston version of Craig's List. I did receive some responses to the ad, but none of them satisfied me enough to end my bachelor status.
A few of Boston's achievements Published April 17, 2013
This essay was inspired by the bombing on April 15th. I decided to use the murders as a reason to brag about the large city located about five miles from where I live. The City of Boston was the first city in the nation to accomplish certain things, such as building a subway system and building a public school system. The essay doesn't mention one other worthwhile achievement. Boston is the home of America's oldest restaurant, originally called Ye Old Oyster House. This restaurant has been in continuous operation since 1826.
Oh by the way, America's oldest inn is located in Sudbury, Massachusetts, about 15 miles west of where I live. It was named for a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It has been in continuous operation since 1716. This inn includes a restaurant. I have eaten there, and I like their food.
Published December 18, 2012
This essay is based on a rumor that I heard. That's why I did not phrase it as a certainty. The rumor was that President Obama was preparing to nominate this Democrat as a replacement for Attorney General Eric Holder, who was and still is widely criticized for his handling of the "Fast and Furious" scandal.
In support of this rumor was the documented fact that Governor Patrick had placed his home on the real estate market at a lower price than some people believed it was worth. Unfortunately for Massachusetts residents, Deval Patrick will still be the Massachusetts governor for another year. He has chosen to not run for re-election, but whoever is chosen by the voters to replace him will not take office until January 2015.
In the meantime, he has still made it possible for illegal aliens to pay the same tuition rates as people who were born and raised in Massachusetts. I am one of many people who hopes that the next governor corrects this economic inequality.
19,000 documented cases of welfare abuse published January 4, 2013
Almost 500,000 letters were mailed to welfare recipients during the autumn of 2012, which was also the presidential campaign season. These letters asked them to vote.
19,000 of those letters were returned to the state agency that sent them out. Those letters could not be delivered because those 19,000 people did not live at those addresses, and yet, those people were still receiving welfare benefits.
This essay mentioned the fact that a reporter from the Boston Herald was scheduled to be a guest on the Greta van Susteren show and that this reporter would be reporting to the nation about this scandal.
Seeing racism and sexism where it doesn't exist published April 11, 2013
This essay is based on my experiences as a boy attending a chess club in a Massachusetts library.
My favorite tweet during the past week published April 21, 2013
This essay includes a verbatim copy of a message that someone named Greg Guttfeld posted onto his Twitter account in response to the bombing in Boston. His tweet expressed the same moral outrage and righteous anger that many of us felt when we heard the news from the Boston Marathon on April 15th, and I was happy to repeat his message for the benefit of everybody who was not fortunate enough to see his tweet on their own Twitter page.
This is why they call it Great Britain published April 23, 2013
That great nation honored the victims of the Boston Bombing during the London Marathon, and so, I honored them right back. God bless the queen.
If you are eligible to vote in Massachusetts published October 11, 2013
During last year's Congressional election campaign, I asked every Massachusetts resident who lived in one of the towns within the 5th Congressional District to vote for a candidate named Michael Stopa. He was one of three Republicans and two Democrats who was trying to represent the 5th District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
On election day, he finished in second place among the three Republicans, and Democrat Ed Markey beat the Republican candidate in the final election for that Congressional seat.
One church in Massachusetts that I know well (because I spent many years as a member) has a long tradition of spending more time and effort on social and political issues than on truly religious topics. These topics have included unilateral nuclear disarmament (the U.S. must throw away all their nuclear arms even if other nations don't), South African apartheid, gay rights, abortion rights, and the expulsion of a hymnal that doesn't include any feminine references to God.
The Shoulder Test published November 29, 2012
This essay is named for a test that can be performed by any member of any church to test the sincerity of that church's sympathy towards those who feel sadness and grief.
I wrote that essay because a well-attended church in Massachusetts (a different one than the Protestant church mentioned previously) had failed to pass this test, and as a result, I was still feeling sadness and grief years after I had begun to attend their weekly worship services.
The essay quoted some Bible verses that I hoped would inspire the leaders of this large and well-attended church to be more sympathetic towards me and other grieving individuals.
It is likely but not certain that, in the future, issues that are focused on Massachusetts residents will be published on this blog.
I have arranged the essays in chronological order, oldest first under the name of the blog in which you can find them.
Conserving the Nation
The Funny Massachusetts Holiday Published June 16, 2012This was the very first essay that I published on any of my blogs. It tells the reason why there is a statewide holiday called Bunker Hill Day. This essay was published on that holiday in 2012, more than a year and a half ago.
That's how long I have been blogging.
Yesterday's terrorism in Boston Published April 16, 2013
In this essay, I stated the facts that I believed about the bombing. Many facts were not verified as of the date that I published this essay, and some facts are always in dispute whenever there is an incident of terrorism. I stated the facts that I understood and believed. For instance, I believed then, and I still believe today, that more than two bombs had been manufactured and left in a public space by the two known terrorists.
I Have to Say This
Urgent message for Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck Published September 1, 2012I used to listen to both of these people via a local radio station, but both of them had recently become unavailable due to the fact that the local radio station had changed ownership. The new owner had decided to broadcast prerecorded comedy instead of conservative talk shows. I was hoping to alert both of these men to this fact, and also to alert them to the fact that both of their websites still listed that local radio station as a place where Boston residents could listen to their shows.
An earthquake happened in southern Maine Published October 16, 2012
Earthquakes are rare in New England, but I felt that one in Massachusetts.
If I ran a personals ad Published March 16, 2013
Some of you don't know it, but this is a copy of a "man seeking woman" ad that I really placed on the Boston version of Craig's List. I did receive some responses to the ad, but none of them satisfied me enough to end my bachelor status.
A few of Boston's achievements Published April 17, 2013
This essay was inspired by the bombing on April 15th. I decided to use the murders as a reason to brag about the large city located about five miles from where I live. The City of Boston was the first city in the nation to accomplish certain things, such as building a subway system and building a public school system. The essay doesn't mention one other worthwhile achievement. Boston is the home of America's oldest restaurant, originally called Ye Old Oyster House. This restaurant has been in continuous operation since 1826.
Oh by the way, America's oldest inn is located in Sudbury, Massachusetts, about 15 miles west of where I live. It was named for a poem written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It has been in continuous operation since 1716. This inn includes a restaurant. I have eaten there, and I like their food.
Conserving the Mobile Nation
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick may be moving to WashingtonPublished December 18, 2012
This essay is based on a rumor that I heard. That's why I did not phrase it as a certainty. The rumor was that President Obama was preparing to nominate this Democrat as a replacement for Attorney General Eric Holder, who was and still is widely criticized for his handling of the "Fast and Furious" scandal.
In support of this rumor was the documented fact that Governor Patrick had placed his home on the real estate market at a lower price than some people believed it was worth. Unfortunately for Massachusetts residents, Deval Patrick will still be the Massachusetts governor for another year. He has chosen to not run for re-election, but whoever is chosen by the voters to replace him will not take office until January 2015.
In the meantime, he has still made it possible for illegal aliens to pay the same tuition rates as people who were born and raised in Massachusetts. I am one of many people who hopes that the next governor corrects this economic inequality.
19,000 documented cases of welfare abuse published January 4, 2013
Almost 500,000 letters were mailed to welfare recipients during the autumn of 2012, which was also the presidential campaign season. These letters asked them to vote.
19,000 of those letters were returned to the state agency that sent them out. Those letters could not be delivered because those 19,000 people did not live at those addresses, and yet, those people were still receiving welfare benefits.
This essay mentioned the fact that a reporter from the Boston Herald was scheduled to be a guest on the Greta van Susteren show and that this reporter would be reporting to the nation about this scandal.
Seeing racism and sexism where it doesn't exist published April 11, 2013
This essay is based on my experiences as a boy attending a chess club in a Massachusetts library.
My favorite tweet during the past week published April 21, 2013
This essay includes a verbatim copy of a message that someone named Greg Guttfeld posted onto his Twitter account in response to the bombing in Boston. His tweet expressed the same moral outrage and righteous anger that many of us felt when we heard the news from the Boston Marathon on April 15th, and I was happy to repeat his message for the benefit of everybody who was not fortunate enough to see his tweet on their own Twitter page.
This is why they call it Great Britain published April 23, 2013
That great nation honored the victims of the Boston Bombing during the London Marathon, and so, I honored them right back. God bless the queen.
If you are eligible to vote in Massachusetts published October 11, 2013
During last year's Congressional election campaign, I asked every Massachusetts resident who lived in one of the towns within the 5th Congressional District to vote for a candidate named Michael Stopa. He was one of three Republicans and two Democrats who was trying to represent the 5th District in the U.S. House of Representatives.
On election day, he finished in second place among the three Republicans, and Democrat Ed Markey beat the Republican candidate in the final election for that Congressional seat.
Deity Dialog
A Protestant church with a focus on social issues published October 15, 2012One church in Massachusetts that I know well (because I spent many years as a member) has a long tradition of spending more time and effort on social and political issues than on truly religious topics. These topics have included unilateral nuclear disarmament (the U.S. must throw away all their nuclear arms even if other nations don't), South African apartheid, gay rights, abortion rights, and the expulsion of a hymnal that doesn't include any feminine references to God.
The Shoulder Test published November 29, 2012
This essay is named for a test that can be performed by any member of any church to test the sincerity of that church's sympathy towards those who feel sadness and grief.
I wrote that essay because a well-attended church in Massachusetts (a different one than the Protestant church mentioned previously) had failed to pass this test, and as a result, I was still feeling sadness and grief years after I had begun to attend their weekly worship services.
The essay quoted some Bible verses that I hoped would inspire the leaders of this large and well-attended church to be more sympathetic towards me and other grieving individuals.
It is likely but not certain that, in the future, issues that are focused on Massachusetts residents will be published on this blog.
