Category Archives: independence

Relentless Pursuer of the Restless Heart

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” – Matthew 6:21 Why is our conversation so conflict laden? Why do we accuse one another rather than listen with a rational open  mind? All compromise and reason is … Continue reading →

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Paine vs Alinsky: Two Faces of Revolution

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. After General George Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River north of … Continue reading →

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God’s Choice and America

Posted on July 3, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

The choice before God in creating the world lay between creating a purely mechanical universe, peopled by automatons, or creating a spiritual universe in which there would be a choice of good and evil. What was the condition then of … Continue reading →

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On Giving

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

     Go break to the needy sweet charity’s bread; “For giving is living, and living is giving” the angel said.” And must I be giving again and again?” My peevish and pitiless answer ran. “Oh no,” said the angel, piercing … Continue reading →

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Who Am I?

Posted on May 27, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

      I am what drove men to sacrifice their lives and fortunes to create a new nation under God. I am what, throughout this nation’s history, has compelled and still to this day compels men and women to … Continue reading →

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Something Strong Inside -revisited

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Something Strong Inside April 11, 2012 I recently heard a story of a little girl who was playing with her inflatable “Bop bag” toy. Each time she struck the toy it would head to the floor, only to rebound to the … Continue reading →

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Spring Cleaning/ Re-post for Lent

Posted on April 8, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

Spring Cleaning Posted on March 21, 2014 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author As winter approaches its end, we look forward to spring. However, we ready ourselves by taking inventory of that which pertains to the season. Gardening tools … Continue reading →

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McCarthy, Sheen and Communism; Then and Now

Posted on March 28, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

[Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most … Continue reading →

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Putting One’s Hand To The Plow

Posted on March 8, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

“Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and … Continue reading →

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Land of Opportunity Not Gaurantee

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Alan A. Malizia: Contagious Optimism! Co-Author

At a time when socialist politicians are offering free everything, I fancy that the USA has mutated from the land of opportunity to the land of guarantee. Fantasy has become reality in the embracement of relativism. Following is an article by an … Continue reading →

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