Archive for January, 2005

Investiture speech of Alabama Associate Justice Tom Parker

Friday, January 14, 2005

Justice Tom Parker delivered the following speech on January 14, 2005 at his investiture to the Alabama Supreme Court.
May it please the Courts.
Governor, Public Officials, friends and family, thank you for being here today.
The defining question for the American people today is this: “By what standard?”

By what standard shall we govern ourselves? By what [...]

Patton Still Speaks

Wednesday, January 12, 2005

This article by Victor Davis Hanson, published in Hillsdale College’s Imprimis, gives great pause for thought when evaluating our situation in the “war on terror.” Mr. Hanson reviews General George Patton’s approach to warfare and applies some of the general’s principles to our current endeavors.
I have to say that, though I don’t know a [...]

The Baptism of Our Lord

Sunday, January 9, 2005

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.
Our Scripture today comes from the Gospel of Christ according to St. Matthew. St. Matthew writes about St. John the Baptist encountering Christ at the riverside. The Baptist was there, preaching repentance. He was “The voice [...]