Most of us, as adults, have many responsibilities. We have a responsibility to our communities, locally, nationally and globally, and although we view those responsibilities in varying ways, we must share the responsibility to co-exist. We have a responsibility to family, friends, and employers to be the best person we can be in the different ways that they may depend on us. And,…
Month: November 2017
Freedom Isn’t Easy
Yesterday someone said to me: “I gave your campaign money because I thought you were going to bring people together. But, you’re just another far-out liberal.” (a year ago I ran for public office) I asked him what turned his perception of me from favorable to unfavorable, and he offered: “Your posts lately (Facebook).” There…
Support Our Troops
What does it mean, specifically, to “support our troops”? Everybody says it, and I believe that everyone sincerely means it, but since every color on the political spectrum uses the phrase, even when foreign policy ideologies are diametrically opposed, I wonder what it really means. It was originally branded during the Gulf War to emphasize conservative…