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Father’s Day 2019
AUTHOR’S NOTE: What follows are 2 posts-from-the-past, The first, was written by my Son, Anthony, just a couple of months after I entered prison in 2010. The second was written by me, 3 years later. Anthony spent a couple of … Continue reading →
Recycling An Opportunity
AUTHOR’s NOTE: This post originally appeared here in “The Oakdale Chronicles” on January 21, 2013. I was about midway through my incarceration at the Federal Correctional Institution at Oakdale, LA, and had joined a public speaking group many of you … Continue reading →
Don’t Touch the Stove (The ‘lost’ post)
By Tony Casson (AUTHOR’S NOTE: I found a draft of this post originally begun in November of 2012 by my beloved son, Anthony, from the chicken scratching I sent him. For some reason probably related to the fact he was … Continue reading →
Evil Is Seductive
(Author’s Note: What follows was originally posted in 5 parts here in The Oakdale Chronicles very early on during my incarceration. It is the story of my attempted suicide and the week that followed while I was kept in a … Continue reading →
Do you really want to reform our prisons?
The following is something I posted on Medium.com recently: No dialogue on prison reform is complete without a serious look at the profit incentives found in the privatization of many of this nation’s prisons, both federal and state. I will … Continue reading →
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Tag Archives: conscience
June 25
Today is… a good day to let your conscience be your guide. “With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it.” Romans 9:1 NLT Our conscience is a wonderful gift from … Continue reading
August 18
TODAY IS… the day to listen to your “inner donkey”. “Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed … Continue reading
June 25
Today is… a good day to let your conscience be your guide. “With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness. My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it.” Romans 9:1 NLT Our conscience is a wonderful gift from … Continue reading
May 5
TODAY IS… the day to realize that you can run, but you can’t hide. “And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves … Continue reading
