Gregory Lewis Web-Log

 Athena's Spear and the Business of War We are three weeks into the New Year 2026. This is my first web-log posting of the New Year. The United States has recently taken the Venezuelan President Maduro into U.S. custody, tariffs and trade wars dominate the international headlines, Ukraine and Russia are in the third year of its border and territorial dispute, the Israelis and the international community is trying to deal with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Virginia’s first female governor took office in Richmond this past weekend, and the World Economic Forum has its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland this week. Firstly, I would like to start this web-log post by stating only blood-thirsty tyrants lust after war. War is an instance of chaos overtaking order and rationality. War is a lot of people dying and everyone is thrust into extreme hardship. It is often said the first casualty of war is Truth and war never really solves any problems, but only sows the seeds for future armed milit...

 Christmas 2025: Computers, Radios, Electronics and More! It is only 5 days until Christmas 2025. It might be difficult to get these items under the tree before Christmas, but they are great gift ideas for Christmas gift-card money, birthdays, or any holiday you might be celebrating. Presently, I am not affiliated with these products or websites in any way. These websites and commercial products are simply my personal recommendations as a Microsoft Certified Windows Programmer, business consultant, and tutor. Firstly, I am a Microsoft Certified Windows Programmer and currently researching the requirements for teaching High School Computer Science. Most of my electronics recommendations for business, school, and communications are centered around Windows PC’s. Personal Computers were declared an essential devices during the recent pandemic crisis. It is still possible to get updates for your Windows 10 computers, but I highly recommend upgrading to Windows 11 immediately. With 25 ye...

 Thanksgiving 2025: Pilgrims, Native Americans, Turkey, and Football The month of November is a very special time of the year. I am one of 35 million world-wide descendants of the 1620 Mayflower voyage and Plymouth Plantation. I have distant ancestry of the Seneca Native American Peoples. Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia will play the Commonwealth Cup football game, one of the longest-running rivalries in college sports. Civilization, itself, is closely related, even identified, with the success of the Fall agricultural harvest and yield of the crops. The human story in Bible Genesis begins in the Garden of Eden. Government and religious leaders depend, almost exclusively, on the bounty of the harvest and the standard of living for their respective members. The Puritan Pilgrim Separatists of the 1620 Mayflower and Plymouth Plantation, fleeing religious persecution in Europe, established the first permanent English settlement here in the New World, and did nothing less t...

Halloween 2025: More Thoughts on the Apocalypse October 31st Halloween 2025 is two weeks away, followed by All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. I am a Christian Baptists and we did not have much to do with anything at this time of year. As an undergraduate Philosophy major I had courses in Philosophy of Religion and participated in various Inter-Faith Dialogue Conferences. It was not until my later undergraduate college years at Virginia tech that I became intrigued with the history and religious significance of this transition to shorter days and longer nights. Afterwards, I spent an entire year reading the King James Study Bible authorized by Liberty University. I then spent an additional two years of personal research on the Apocalypse. I researched the Apocalypse using a three-pronged approach: 1. Philosophy of Religion, 2. Comparative Religion, and 3. with a practical disaster-preparedness perspective. I am currently researching how modern technology can help facilitate inter-faith...

 Saving Democracy (or Making America Great Again) We are in the final days of September 2025. Autumn has started and people are now settling into their Fall and Winter routines. Presently, a U.S. Government budget shutdown is looming, a tariff and international trade-war is ongoing, and here in Virginia early voting has already begun for the November general elections.  To start, I do not support, in any way, the violent overthrow of the U.S Government, nor do I support any violence against any government officials or government property. I believe government reform will happen in a peaceful manner, without violence, and those who have been robbing and victimizing the American citizenry these past decades will see True Justice. The monies and lands that have been stolen and swindled by corrupt U.S. government officials will be returned to their rightful owners, and formal apologies will be issued to the innocent American citizens who have been wrongfully targeted with endless ...

 Labor Day 2025 We are in the final days of August, and Americans will celebrate Labor Day 2025 on Monday. Labor Day represents the "unofficial" end of Summer. Schools and colleges have started their Fall terms. Farms, construction sites, and tourist destinations look to finish out their seasons before the first frost and snow falls. Here in Virginia, state elections and local politics will dominate the headlines for the next few months. Most Americans have little knowledge or understanding of the original meaning of the Labor Day Holiday. In the 20th Century, as the U.S. Economy transitioned from an agrarian-based economy to a manufacturing-based economy, there was a great deal of tension and conflict between laborers and management. As farm science and technology improved over the 20th century fewer farmers were needed to produce agricultural products. In some instances, farmers left their farms to work in factories that produced tractors and other farming equipment that ac...