Good stories deserve a little embellishment

English: Lesson 165 Quiz Show did not tell the truth about key historical figures. Did this break the commandment, 'Thou shalt not bear false witness'? Quiz Show (1994), directed by Robert Redford, is a movie based on the 1950s Twenty One television show scandal when it was discovered that the producers of the hit game show were feeding correct …

A Gun is as Good or as Bad as the Man using it

English: Lesson 145 "Compare and contrast the attitude of each movie regarding guns." Shane (1953) and High Noon (1952) are two of the best western movies ever created. Until this last week, westerns to me were just fun movies filled with drama, gun fighting, and simple sets and characters with not a lot of detail …

Honest Money and the Economic Laws of the Bible

"Does a national government need to issue its own money in order to secure honest money?" What is Honest Money? To even begin to answer this question we have to understand what honest money is. Money is described as the most marketable commodity, and the origin of money was determined by the people and market. …

The fascinating descriptions of The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow & Rip Van Winkle

English: Lesson 80 Were the detailed descriptions of the people around the two main characters equally important in the two stories? Washington Irving wrote the two famous American stories the Legend of the Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. These two fairytale-like stories have charmed people since they were first published in 1819 and continue to do so, and …