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 Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval $19.99 For any Serling fan, this DVD is a must! Wonderful encapsulation of the brilliant writer's life and career. Snippets of various productions of his work and brief interviews with some of the stars that were blessed to have been able to take part. Also interviews with some of his relatives. One of the best parts is the opening sequence which is done just like one of the classic openings to a 'Twilight Zone' episode. In this case it refers to Rod himself and contains the same eloquent word style that became legendary. If you pay attention closely, at one point you'll discover who did the 'voice over' for the opening and that's the icing on the cake! Amen.  A Letter Concerning Toleration: Humbly Submitted $9.95 This short work written in 1689 is absolutely essential reading for anyone who supports modern democracies - and perhaps even more for people who don't. I wonder what would happen if, instead of dropping bombs on non-democratic countries, the West paraphrased Locke's "Letter" into a modern context, translated it into different languages, and dropped it in intolerant places around the world. A fantasy, I know. But words are more powerful than force, and the "Letter Concerning Toleration" is one of the prime examples of that. It's an important foundation stone for free societies today, and it's a pity that so many people haven't read it. The most important point of the book is the separation of church and state. It argues that they are two different domains that, if confused with one another, lead to various abuses and the loss both of justice and honest religion. They need to be separated in order to protect both. Religion should always appeal to voluntary choice; the state makes laws and has to force people to comply. The realm of religion is mercy; the realm of the law is justice. Religion ought to forgive even the greatest criminals if they repent; the state, on the other hand, needs to punish where laws have been transgressed. Religion should turn the other cheek; the state has to protect its citizens by defending the country. Of course, there are several issues in our own time that are not directly mentioned by Locke, such as the difference between religion and science, but overall the work has not lost its applicability. The dated language might throw some readers off, but reading it is still well worth the effort.  The Gift Submitted Vol.1 Starting Over $8.99 I first came across this incredible artist in FaceBook and followed into YouTube. Hoping by some chance that there was an album available, so happy to find this new cdrom on Amazon!! As a writer I see great things in the future for this artist .. pure talent on the edge of the forest of success. When dilliot2k steps onto the plains he will already be the lion in command. Listening to "Working on Me" and hear perhaps what a very young Lenny Kravitz may have sounded like shaping his own vocals around the lyric .. Love Dillio's higher range and vocal imagery! Awesome album and definitely worth a Favorites bookmark in your digital library. |
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