It is fairly common that a mass email will reach me like the one below. This one was a list of things (perceived contradictions in policy) that concluded, if they were true, that “you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.” I’m sure that there are some idiots in government, but the…
In the wind of change
“Take me to the magic of the moment On a glory night Where the children of tomorrow dream away in the wind of change.” So proferred Scorpion. Perhaps, a dated, pseudo-anthem from only a marginal metal band from Germany, but, I only had so much time to think of a quote, so that’s the one…
My Popular Opinion
Someone wrote to me in response to an analysis I made regarding charity. They wrote the often heard refrain: “I should be able to choose how and when MY money is spent.” I responded with: “It isn’t your money as much as it is your privilege to have earned it.” I wasn’t satisfied that what I said made…
Enraged by the Rage
There are times when I am rendered speechless from events that are so hard to comprehend that I cannot process my feelings. Many people feel the same today. Grief, fear, and anger can collide in a maelstrom of emotions that leave us confused. Oklahoma City…9/11…Columbine…Virginia Tech…Colorado…Newtown…Boston… There are many others and I don’t want to minimize…
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot.
That sodden old pie, Terry Jones, is trying to get back into the news. It was only a year ago when his Dove World Outreach Center (has a church ever had a more ironic and inappropriate name?) burned President Obama in effigy to protest his…let’s see…illegal presidency, his satantical support of gay rights and for…
Gay Sera Sera!
I had an interesting conversation with a friend the other night. She told me that her teenage son “came out.” “My son told me that he’s gay” were her precise words. My exterior reaction followed the principles by which I often write in my blog and I said, “Good for him!” My interior question was:…
Slings and Arrows
I recently had what seemed like an essentially pointless argument on one of my posts. It centered around which President was abused the most, Bush or Obama? I make the case, without hesitation, that it is Obama who has suffered the slings and arrows of outrageous partisanship far more than any president. My “foes” contend…
Tyranny-saurus Rex
A criticism was leveled at me the other day. A close friend said: “I don’t read your blog like I used to because you kind of recycle the same topics.” I asked, “Which topics?” (somewhat defensively, because that had not occurred to me). She said, “Poverty, Gay Rights, the Constitution, and Economics.” My first reaction was quietly to myself:…
Kennedy Asks Not
Words are often introduced through tragedy and then assimilated into our casual vernacular. The Kennedy assassination brought us the “grassy knoll” to describe an unassuming, small hill with grass that ran parallel to the President’s “motorcade” (another word that entered our popular lexicon). The mention of a “grassy knoll” invariably conjures thoughts of that tragedy,…
“As the Colon Turns”
Earlier this week I had a colonoscopy. How many of you are still reading? Everyone? Good. This isn’t a political post, but it’s still a call to action. Only half of those over the age of 50 who should have a colonoscopy comply with recommended guidelines to do so, and 60% of all Americans over 50…