Values
Back in May I wrote a bit about values. It’s hard to believe that I wrote it almost five months ago, but I remember it as if I wrote it yesterday. I was thinking about values again recently, I...
View ArticleFear Not
In a continued look at values I thought that I might bring up the number one value that separates conservatives from liberals - fear.
View ArticleDisheartened but Not Enraged
For more than a year now the people of the United States of America have disapproved of the way that the Bush administration has run the country. The majority of Americans actually finally agreed that...
View ArticleThe Void
What is it that motivates us to live our lives?Obviously not everyone has the same motivation - or do they?
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That Old Time American Principle
Not to long ago, we were a country that stood on principle.
View ArticleBeing Treated Like Children
Before anyone has learned anything about politics they have already learned that there are two political parties. But, it is often confusing for many Americans to decide which party to support. For...
View ArticleLiberal Lawyers are “Sue Happy” and Conservative Writers are...
Every conservative has been told that Liberal Lawyers will be the Death of America, unless we get some control over the irrational lawsuits clogging the court system. Liberals counter that the judicial...
View ArticleYour Tax Dollars at Work
Greed is a very strong emotion. People want money, because they equate money with security. If you don’t feel safe, then you can use your money to buy protection. If you have enough money to buy a nice...
View ArticleTribalism and the Evolution of Democracy
As we take a moment from time to time to stop and look around at the situation we live in we often come to the conclusion that we understand the world. Well, actually most of us don’t take the time to...
View ArticleJohn Dean
I was listening to a talk by John Dean the other day. John Dean is a Goldwater Republican and a member of the Nixon administration. He was also the person who helped to bring down the Nixon...
View ArticleObsession
I was listening to a lecture yesterday by an expert on teenagers. He concentrated on the dangers that teenagers face as the mature. He was telling the audience about the dangers of drugs and alcohol...
View ArticleTerror in America
The current administration position is that waterboarding is not torture. Waterboarding is merely a method for extracting information from a terrorist. Am I the only person confused here?
View ArticleRegulation
The enemy of Corporate Capitalists is regulation. The freedom to do whatever needs to be done to make a buck is the most efficient way to make that buck. Regulations, by the very nature, put a...
View ArticleStonewalling
My personal experience with the our local Schools fluctuates from extremely good to extremely bad. We have lived in our town since 1998 and my four children have attended the public schools since we...
View ArticleJesus and the Devil Are Brothers
I read that Mike Huckabee, a Southern Baptist minister and one-time governor of Arkansas, asserted that Mitt Romney wasn’t a viable presidential candidate because he believed that Jesus and the Devil...
View ArticleFour Years Later
Four years ago it was clear to me that I needed change. I was fat and out of shape. I wasn’t doing what I always thought that I wanted to do. We had an idiot as a president. And, it seemed like America...
View ArticleJustice
As Yogi Berra said, "It’s déjà vu all over again."I got a little freaked out this weekend. But, the story actually starts a couple of years ago.
View ArticleTurbulent Times
I recently read a Mallard Fillmore comic strip that bothered me. If you don’t know Mallard Fillmore, he is a conservative duck that makes Rush Limbaugh type outrageous remarks on the comic pages of...
View ArticleIdeology vs. Experience
I recently listened to an outstanding interview of Jean Vanier by Krista Tippett on the radio program "Speaking of Faith." Jean Vanier has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, and has been...
View ArticleSuper Tuesday
Tomorrow I get to vote. I actually get to vote in an election that actually may effect the outcome of the American political process.
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