Some things you just know. You don’t need someone to tell you, you just know it. You feel it in your gut. Like when you just know that you shouldn’t have one more drink before you get behind the wheel. Or you just know that you need to keep your…
Stopped
Today, technology has provided us so many things to look at, so many things to listen to. We have a screen size for every activity, from a one inch square on our wrist to a seventy-inch screen on our wall. We have access to every movie and every song and…
Full of the Spirit
One day a politician was invited to address a major gathering of the American Indian Nations. The politician spoke for almost an hour on his ideas and policies, and especially what he would do to for Native Americans. At the conclusion of his speech, the tribes presented the politician with…
Glory to the Eternal Light
Alternatives to incandescent lighting have been making great advancements in recent years. At first, the high price and cold blue-ish color caused many people to still opt for the warm glow of incandescents. But now you can buy LED bulbs that are relatively inexpensive and have a warm glow that…
Veterans
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Armistice with Germany went into effect, ending the hostilities of World War I, known at the time as The Great War, and The War to End All Wars. We began celebrating Armistice Day a year…
If It Were Easy
In 1876, Yale professor William Graham Sumner wrote an essay called The Forgotten Man. In it, he said, “As soon as A observes something which seems to him wrong, from which X is suffering, A talks it over with B, and A and B then propose to get a law…
Talents
Fall is a special time of year for sports fans. Baseball is heading toward the world series. Football fans of high school, college, and NFL teams are waking from their eight month slumber. Hockey players are starting to hit the ice. The NBA is warming up for its season too.…
Patience
Of all the virtues, the one that is a stumbling block for our entire lives is the virtue of patience. As soon as we are able to communicate, we want everything now. We want food now. We want our parents’ attention now. We want that new toy now. As teenagers…
A Nation Divided
Haves versus have-nots. Conservative versus liberal. Straight versus gay. Pro-life versus pro-choice. Republicans versus Democrats. The 1% versus the 99%. Left versus right. Secular versus sacred. Black versus white. Cable news channels fill their airtime with little boxes of talking heads each yelling at each other about who is right…
Faith of Our Father
“We repair what your husband fixed,” reads the sign at the auto repair shop. While mildly amusing, it is part of an ongoing narrative you see everywhere: incompetent husbands and fathers, blindly bumbling their way through life. Men are portrayed as barely being able to handle simple tasks, always in…