Gregory Lewis Web-Log

2024 November General Election We are in the final days of Summer 2024 and the November General Election is 50 days from now. Most Americans, including myself, are watching the election events with disbelief and disgust. Most voting Americans are very unhappy with the direction of the country, its leadership, and how both Political Parties have gone so far from where main-stream Americans are on most issues. Our political and government officials no longer serve the American people, but various fringe groups with bizarre political agendas. For me personally, I have 20 years remaining in my professional career. As a voting American and as a current resident of the greater Washington D.C. Metro area, the current debt-level of Washington D.C. and the issue of Qualified Immunity is top of my concern. Neither Political Party has addressed these issues. Furthermore, the main-stream media outlets have spent about 15 minutes total on these issues this past year. These issues will define our co...

Labor Day 2024 It is Labor Day 2024 here in the United States. Labor Day is a U.S. Federal Holiday celebrating the achievements of the organized labor movement. The service sector has overtaken today’s U.S. economy, placing less emphasis on the achievement of the 20th century labor movement. Nevertheless, it cannot be overstated the importance the labor movement had while the U.S. economy transitioned from an agrarian-based economy, to a manufacturing-based economy of the 20th century, to the service-based economy of today. Much has been written, discussed, and debated about work and labor. Labor is a very popular and important subject among theologians, philosophers, economists, politicians, lawyers, and anyone who wants to live in a just and free society while serving God or his/her respective faith tradition. Furthermore, it gets to the very heart of the subject of wealth and resource sharing and distribution. The topics of the 5 and 6-day work week, as presented in the Bible Old Te...