by Jeff Stookey | Aug 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Racism, nationalism, and religious differences all contributed to prejudices of thought in Elizabethan England—very much like in the present-day USA. In the Beginning Queen Elizabeth’s grant of Letters of Patent to: “…our trusty and well-beloved servant Walter...
by Jeff Stookey | Jul 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
George Washington (left) – Thomas Jefferson (right) The Founding Fathers The recent protest movement against police brutality toward unarmed black people under the banner “Black Lives Matter” should force Americans to re-examine our history. Part of...
by Jeff Stookey | Mar 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
We live in a world that is being colonized by giant multinational corporations—from Giant Oil to Big Tech—and it is our duty to decolonize our minds and our actions. With the topic of colonization in my thoughts, I recently read The Wretched of the Earth,...
by Jeff Stookey | Feb 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
John Calvin (born in France in 1509 and died in exile in Switzerland in 1564) had some interesting things to say about politics—thoughts with lessons for us today. I’ve been trying to understand the 1600s, and I’ve long believed that you can only...
by Jeff Stookey | Jan 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
January is named for the Roman god of gates and doorways, often depicted with two faces, one looking back and the other looking forward—appropriate for the new year. I spent the past year focused on promoting my Medicine For The Blues trilogy, because...
by Jeff Stookey | Dec 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
We hear a lot in this season about the “War on Christmas,” but today’s war is nothing like that of the 1600s. England Soon after the Puritan-controlled government executed King Charles I in 1649, they abolished Christmas observances in England. Puritans...
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