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Louis William Rose
Category Archives: Essays
Liberty and Non Aggression
Liberty is expanded by the free exchange of information and freedom of association. Nevertheless Tyranny is easier. I observe this constantly as a parliamentarian. The right to bear arms protects the right of free speech, religion, association, and petition, all … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Liberty, Natural Law, Political Theory, Politics
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So Many Religions – Why Christianity?
My dear friend, Dr. Levitt asks, “So only the Christian Religion is the one and only true religion? Only Christians know who is the one and only God? Jews? Mormons? Hindu’s? Buddhists? Muslims? Atheists? Everyone is all wrong but Christians? … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Essays, Existentialism, Judaism, Philosophy of Religion
Tagged Christ, Christianity, God, Holy Spirit, Louis William Rose, salvation
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Why I am Unfit to be an Elder or a Deacon in a Bible Believing Church And Some Other Thoughts on the Church and the Law
I have been asked to be an elder a couple of times in the twenty plus years I have been sitting with the Presbyterians. After giving a brief explanation of why I could not accept such an exalted position, I was invariably asked to reconsider my position. This left me wondering how the person asking me ever got to be an elder. Continue reading
A Sadly Changed Country
Back in the 1970’s a man wrote a letter to the editor of the Palm Beach Post. I though that I should share it with you. Hear Hear! Editor: By the mercy of God my grandfather is dead. He would … Continue reading
Thoughts on the Militia for a New Republic
We constantly hear about the second half of the Second Amendment, an independent clause which guarantees us the absolute right, free from any legislative impingement, to keep and bear arms. All laws to the contrary in my opinion are unconstitutional, … Continue reading
Bushido: The Way of the Warrior
The code of Bushido is the ethical code of conduct developed during Japan’s feudal period. This occurred at about the same time that the code of Chivalry was developed in Europe. The development of both systems was directly related to … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Philosophy, Essays, Ethics, Zen
Tagged Benevolence, Bushido, Courage, honor, Justice, Louis William Rose, Loyalty, Politeness, Samurai, Virtues
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On Sexual Behavior
May we assume that every adult has the right to do what they want in the privacy of their own home, with whomever they wish, provided that all involved parties have attained their majority, are agreeable, are acting of their … Continue reading
All Lives Matter, If You Don’t Think So, Maybe Yours Doesn’t Matter So Much
Life is cheap. That’s the truth. Hundreds of thousands die every day, some violently, some ignominiously, some of old age or sickness, some in infancy or the prime of life. All tragically. Today you are alive, and your life matters, … Continue reading
On Racism and Eclecticism
Race relations is a favorite subject of mine, because it is the only significant political debate that can be conclusively proven to be based on a fallacy. The fallacy is that there is such a thing as race in the … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Race and Gender
Tagged Adam Clayton Powell, Andrew Young, Arthur Ashe, Bill Cosby, Black Man, Cab Calloway, Chubby Checker, Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Count Basie, Dick Gregory, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Domino, Fats Waller, Genetics, George Washington Carver, Jackie Robinson, James Brown, James Earl Jones, Jimi Hendrix, John Shaft, Johnny Mathis, Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Muhammad Ali, Nat King Cole, Paul Robeson, Pearl Bailey, Quincy Jones, Race Relations, Racism, Ralph Abernathy, Ray Charles, Red Fox, Roy Innis, Shirley Chisolm, Stevie Wonder, Sydney Poitier, Thurgood Marshall, White Man
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The Civil Liberty that Protects all Others
It was certainly ironic and fitting that a legislator who voted against allowing guns in a certain place should be shot by a gun in exactly that place. Yet that was the fate of Clementa Pinckney, state senator and pastor of … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Liberty, Natural Law, Political Theory, Politics, Right to Bear Arms
Tagged Bill of Rights, Clementa Pinckney, Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, Liberty, Louis William Rose, Politics, revolution, Right to Bear Arms, South Carolina, United States, United States Constitution
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Marriage and A Bird Feeder
Let me tell you about something I did for my wife Jamy while she was away. A few years ago she bought a wooden bird feeder, a simple thing stapled together and it had battery operated Christmas lights stapled around … Continue reading
Posted in Essays
Tagged bird feeder, husband, husband and wife, Jamy Sue Rose, Louis William Rose, marriage, relationships, servant
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Why does a gentleman stop and allow a lady to pass before him?
As a human, we are all born of women. I had a mother (despite persistent rumors to the contrary) and have an obligation of reverence and gratitude to her. This obligation applies to all women, for I would have all … Continue reading
To Those who call Abortion, Murder
2 Kings 17:17 They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. Some claim that abortion is murder. To restate this, there are some who claim is that there are rooms all over America, where individuals are murdering innocent children … Continue reading
I Am a Royal Ambassador for the Heavenly Kingdom of The Living God
With scripture proofs 2 Corinthians 5:16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in … Continue reading
Can a constitution put limits on a government?
Originally posted on On the Mark:
John C. Calhoun, was one of North America’s first political theorists and he wrote about the inability of a constitution to limit government. He points out that no document, not even if written on…
Posted in Essays, Philosophy of Law, Political Theory, Politics
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Forty Days on the Master Cleanse
For the past forty days, I have rigorously followed the “Master Cleanse” regime, developed fifty years ago by Stanley Burroughs, an alternative health practitioner and natural remedy enthusiast. During his lifetime and even up until the present day, Mr. Burroughs … Continue reading
The Rules
I must begin by telling you that I cannot take credit for “The Rules”. No, a wiser man than I wrote them down, or perhaps it was a group of men, each one wiser and older than the next, meeting … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Humor, Race and Gender
Tagged battle of the sexes, Louis William Rose, Men and Women, relationships, The Rules
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The Five Magic Phrases for a Happy Marriage
Hear me my fellow men, especially young men at the gate of marriage. Over twenty years ago, I met a tyler by the name of Jack Glick during a tour of the oldest Masonic lodge in the state of California. … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Race and Gender
Tagged Happy Marriage, Louis William Rose, marriage, Men and Women, relationships
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On Argument and Why Men Should Never Show Their Legs in Public
“He that complies against his will, is of his own opinion still”1 Argument is an intrinsic part of our interaction with other creatures. The first recorded argument is found in the book of Genesis, Chapter 3: 1 Now the serpent … Continue reading
Is Television Good or Bad For American Society?
Gin thu neuere leuen alle monnis spechen, Ne alle the thinge that thu herest singen; You must never believe all that men say, nor all the things you hear sung. (Alfred, 1907) As individuals living in the twenty-first century, we … Continue reading
My Testimony
I would like to begin by quoting from the book of Romans , Chapter 7 and verse twenty one. “So I find this law at work: When I want to do good, evil is right there with me. For in … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Essays, Philosophy of Religion
Tagged Christian, Louis William Rose, Testimony, Wittness
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Doing Drugs in High School
Greetings fellow students! Louis Rose here, Class of ’71. Sorry I’m forty years late. Maybe they’ll write me a pass. I want to tell you about the drugs I used at Sleepy Hollow. I never planned to use drugs, it … Continue reading
Do Social Media Networking Sites Compromise Personal and Professional Security?
“You’re nobody, till somebody loves you. You’re nobody, till somebody cares” (Cavanaugh, 1944). The first email was sent in 1971 (Tiedje, C., 2011). Next, along came the bulletin board systems complete with the familiar screeching sound of the modem, which … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Freedom of Speech, Social Philosophy
Tagged Facebook, Louis William Rose, Right to Privacy, Social Media
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The Business of Government
Originally published in the Jacksonville Observer Recently Mayor Peyton sent everyone an e-mail in which he said that it was his intention to run the City of Jacksonville like a business. The problem is that the City of Jacksonville should … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Political Theory, Politics
Tagged government as business, John Peyton, Louis William Rose, tax and spend
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Rose’s Political Continuum
Originally published in the Florida Student Philosophy Blog As a political philosopher, I believe that one of my tasks is to reduce complicated issues to basic principles. Hence this graphic. It represents my conclusions on the opposing ideas of war … Continue reading
Against Gay Marriage
Originally published in the Florida Student Philosophy Blog In the article “Gay Marriage” in Philosophy and Sex[1] Frederick Elliston, dissects several arguments against gay marriage. I would like to revisit a few of them in this essay, and will begin … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Ethics, Race and Gender, Social Philosophy
Tagged civil partnership, defense of marriage act, DOMA, gay, gay marriage, homosexual, lesbian, Louis William Rose, marriage
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Address to the Duval County School Board
Good evening. My name is Louis William Rose. Thank you for agreeing to hear me. After a year of teaching high school as a non-education major, I have come to tell you why I will not be back. If the … Continue reading
My Definition of Poetry
poetry NOUN: 1. The art or work of a poet. Middle English, from Old French poete, from Latin poeta, from Greek poietes, maker, composer, from poiein, to create. No one may define poetry except the poet. In like manner no … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Poetry
Tagged art, creation, Definition of Poetry, Louis William Rose, to compose, to create
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A Philosophy of Elementary Education
The education and the shepherding of a child through infancy and adolescence until he or she emerges from the protection of the family are wholly the right and responsibility of that child’s parents. In this way and only in this … Continue reading
Her Name was Katie
Katie, was a cashier at the local supermarket in a town where I once lived in upstate New York. She was in her late twenties, still just a girl, as any of the ladies in their forties will tell you. … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Literature
Tagged Katie, Louis William Rose, mild flirtation, Short Story
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Credo
The virtues expressed here are those embraced by the Masters and Practitioners of the Chinese Goju fighting society of which I am Sho Dan. I was accorded this honor by Sensei Antony Baso, San Dan Renchi, University of Martial Arts … Continue reading
In a cruel and uncaring world... 