Colorado Shooting: Guns & Cameras
Here’s the thing I hate most in the aftermath of tragedies like the one in Colorado: There is no evidence of any military history. He did not serve in the military as far as we know. He was a...
View ArticleStill Undecided
Did you watch the debate? I was driving home from Seattle so had to listen to the first hour the old-fashioned way, via a radio. Radio seems to be the perfect medium for debates. Listeners can’t see...
View ArticleMcGovern & A Million Mundane Moments
There are these moments, mundane ones usually, when a harsh truth confronts me. Tonight it came while running cold water over Mama’s wire-rimmed glasses. “Where are you going with those?” Mama asked,...
View ArticleOn Bended Knee for Boston
I have been on the road — I’ll tell you more about that in another post — and as in the case when I travel, access to news is limited. When I heard about the explosions in Boston, I contacted my...
View ArticleHow Profitable is Panhandling?
Over the past few days there has been a panhandler on the corner where Highway 395 intersects with McDonald’s. As far as panhandlers goes, this guy is younger, and fitter than most. The cardboard...
View ArticleBuilding a Domestic Military?
Our local county Sheriff Department is seeking funding from civic organizations to buy Kevlar vests for its staff. I like our Sheriff and I have a great deal of respect for local law enforcement. But...
View ArticleMark Driscoll: On the attack
Jesus is not a pansy or a pacifist -Mark Driscoll Pansy: a usually disparaging : a. weak or effeminate man or boy b. usually disparaging : a male homosexual Pacifist: adverb: strongly and actively...
View ArticleObamacare’s Sticker Shock
I voted for Obama twice. After President George W. Bush foolishly led us headstrong, willy-nilly into an ill-conceived war I was eager to put anybody running against the GOP into office. At least I...
View ArticleMLK & Sudan’s Human Rights Disaster
“Our Father who art in Heaven,” I prayed, even as a little boy in Sudan, “hallowed be thy name.” I was baptized as a child and learned about God and his will and his Kingdom in Catholic schools....
View ArticleThe Lost Father
Today (Saturday, May 17) is my father’s birthday. Had he lived we would be celebrating his 82nd birthday. It is a fact that my father has been dead years longer than he was ever alive. He’s been dead...
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