This election was exhausting.  The campaigns were passionate in a time when deep fears griped each of us.  Even George Bush supporters believe he was treated unfairly by world events beyond his control - but those events happened to all of us.  All of us, Americans and our fellow earthly citizens, have been deeply impacted [...]

The idea of responding to Sarh Palin is contemptible.   Responding to McCain is bad enough.  But McCain has put the country in this position - and respond we must.  The latest attack by Palin is to suggest in a demeaning manner that Barack Obama “… knows something about rhetorical flourishes.”
Be whatever you want, Sarah Palin [...]

No one really knows. Or if they do they don’t agree with others equally confident of their knowledge. There are some things we can know - for instance, people are generally afraid of anything they do not understand. We step on harmless spiders and kill friendly snakes because we do not understand.
Many of us have [...]

When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States the reaction of the populace varied from the scientific to the religious. The scientists said the magnitude of the hurricane could be attributed to Global Warming.  Some fundamentalist theologians argued Katrina was sent by God to punish New Orleans for sinful ways.
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Son,
Humor is the essence of sanity. Check out these videos. Humor has been my salvation, relieving me of the insane conflict of being a human - aware of myself and others - and aware of faith as both inspiration and superstition. Christian jokes abound - fueling awareness of human conflict. But what is humor - [...]

 Son,
Trash talk is the elixir of life, the stimulus of humanity, the foreplay of debate, a ceremonial dance before the big event.  Trash Talk is the spirit of politics, sports, scientific innovation, and even religion.  Minus Trash Talk, nothing is left.
Did you ever notice two boxers at their weigh-in.  One might think it was a [...]