The end of any year often brings with it a lot of self reflection. What did I accomplish this past year? What do I want the next year of my life to look like? In general, how do I think I’m doing in making progress down that road toward the sometimes mythically seeming ‘person I want to be’? Sometimes I…
Presented Without Comment
“No one wants to send a 13-year old genius who loves Harry Potter and his snuggle animal collection to jail. But our society, with its stigma on mental illness and its broken healthcare system, does not provide us with other options. Then another tortured soul shoots up a fast food restaurant. A mall. A kindergarten classroom. And we wring our…
Just the good ole boys, never meaning no harm, beats all you ever saw….
From the Martinsburg Journal-News on Jorea Marple’s firing: It’s all politics. Members of the State Board of Education appointed by U. S. Sen. Joe Manchin while he was governor – including his wife – suddenly decided to go into closed session at the first meeting. President Wade Linger and the other four appointed by Manchin – Bill White, Bob Dunlevy,…
The Phoenix Rising from the Ashes
So there’s this. Go read it. I’ll wait. I haven’t been motivated to post in a couple of months, but this one got me moving. A couple of comments right from the outset that seem relevant. #1, there is a difference between expressing a dissenting opinion – even an unpopular one, and trolling. #2, if you’re writing an article and you…
Islam, Christianity and Violence
If you’ve been paying attention to any world news over the last couple of weeks, you’ve no doubt seen depictions of Islamic protests around the world some say are mostly in response to the truly, truly terrible “movie” The Innocence of Muslims. While some of the protests may well be incited by this atrocious film, some of them – like the…