Darke Opinions

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/sunday/commentary/la-op-kmiec14mar14,1,1605411.story?coll=la-sunday-commentary Donald R. Kmiec's article “Family Matters” in Sunday’s Opinion section spoke to me. Unfortunately the chorus of the siren song it sang is a familiar one to my ears. It is the politics... Sign in to see full entry.

Let’s play true confessions for a second. Have you ever plagiarized? Come on admit it? Yes, there are some of you who will groan that your Darke light has sunk apparently to the folly of faddism. The question remains; have you ever stolen someone else’s thoughts and ideas. Taken credit for the... Sign in to see full entry.

I weep for Spain, as I wept for the victims of the towers and the pentagon. Just as I shed tears every time life is senselessly wasted. How can evil deeds such as these be allowed to happen? Is God not listening to the prayers of the world? When these sorts of atrocities happen we learn about... Sign in to see full entry.

We are forever shackled to the year 1968, for in that terrible twelve months the crucible of democracy went from the control of the people into the hands of corporate special interests. If never, again we face the dilemma of that summer when every hope we had seen destined to be cut down by... Sign in to see full entry.

When the knock comes on your door it is already too late. The sound of authority that you so carelessly relinquished your rights too has now come to take the flesh and not just the promise. Foolish are the people who dare to believe they have freedom. Freedom is a construction. Something we extend... Sign in to see full entry.

Cloven hooves and all, the true story of Dick Cheney. If you look long and hard at the Vice President you can see the beginnings of the small buds of satanic horns on his head. Satanic influences in charge of the White House? Consider the truth of it, just for a moment. Halliburton Oil and its... Sign in to see full entry.

Marking the moment of a lifetime. We are all list makers in this life. Its something that gets forced on us by trying to work in this crazy, devil may care world. Writing lists is not an art form. It isn’t really much of anything. Collected ramblings used to evacuate the dustier places of the human... Sign in to see full entry.

Family values, the quaint notion that a marriage between a man and a woman always leads to a stable home life. This fiction allows tens of thousands of women every year to live in fear. Trapped in abusive relationships for a variety of reasons these women do not see the value in "Family values" To... Sign in to see full entry.

It was a night of thunder, if even there where no clouds in the sky. The gods covered their eyes and looked the other way, not so much in shame, but in contemplation. For in the minds of the officers, these things had no rights. No one would weep, or remember the names of the victims of paragraph... Sign in to see full entry.

Anger. Rage. Fury. War. Hate. Kill. Steal. Lie. Neglect. Betray. Condone. The words you have just read are the feelings of the majority of the world’s people. They are feelings that they cannot give voice too. They are feelings that for many cause them terrible personal hardships. They are the gifts... Sign in to see full entry.