To forgive or not to forgive
posted over 4 years ago | 0 comments
A friend on Eons recently wrote a blog entry on forgiveness. I couldn't read it for several days because an internal struggle
had re-emerged which I had to resolve. I have spent decades of my life trying to find an accommodation for my feelings of...
had re-emerged which I had to resolve. I have spent decades of my life trying to find an accommodation for my feelings of...
Senior sex survey
posted over 4 years ago | 3 comments
Family reunion
posted over 4 years ago | 3 comments
Sunday and Monday we had our local family reunion. The national reunion was held 3 weeks ago. This reunion was notable because the women of my generation ceded control of the planning to the next generation. It was a smashing success. The young fo...
Mother Teresa and Senator Larry Craig
posted over 4 years ago | 1 comment
The deification of the market system
posted over 4 years ago | 9 comments
I’ve been a C-SPAN junkie since it began. So, as in years past, I have been following the budget process this year. I was increasingly uncomfortable as I listened to arguments related to the health care issue. It took a while for me to identify th...
What does it take?
posted over 4 years ago | 5 comments
60 Minutes did an expose' on the House of Representatives activities related to the Medicare drug bill. None of the information was new to any citizen who has been following the issue. However, in view of the general exposure of the flagrant disre...
Iraq revisited
posted over 4 years ago | 4 comments
It is difficult for me to understand the equinimity Nelson Mandela maintains when he speaks about the actions of the United States. After the position of the United States to support South African apartheid and arm the white supremacist government...
Presidential war powers
posted over 4 years ago | 4 comments
I'm not one who generally insists on a strict interpretation of the US Constitution. However, in the looming potential constitutional showdown, it is instructive to read the intent of the framers in regard to presidential war powers. The current s...
The Bible Belt
posted over 4 years ago | 6 comments
Throughout my life I have had difficulty understanding the term Bible Belt. I was born in a portion of the Bible Belt and there was very little evidence of Christianity there from my experience. And a lot of other individuals that look like me. A ...
YMCA Hall of Fame
posted over 4 years ago, updated 3 minutes later | 4 comments
I am eagerly preparing to drive to Boston to be a part of the induction of one of my mentors into the National YMCA Hall of Fame. This individual seduced me from industry in 1966. We ran complementary tutoring programs in the city I lived in and g...
