If citizen business people audited our government, would that help reduce the waste of our tax dollars?
Putting Up With Poorly Run Government Entities
Testing My Christianity: Take Captive Every Thought!
… we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” 2 Corinthians 10:5Just for the record, I don’t swear, or curse as some would say it. I grew up in Massachusetts saying that bad words were swears. Oooooh, he said a swear word! After moving to the south, I remember telling a kid … Continue reading Testing My Christianity: Take Captive Every Thought!
The Power Nap: Nature’s Energy Drink
We have associations and foundations to tell people to sleep and campaigns to get kids to play. What is this world coming to? Have we gotten so off track that we need to teach ourselves to do what we already do naturally, like sleep? Apparently so. Almost one third of the American population is sleep … Continue reading The Power Nap: Nature’s Energy Drink
Post-Truth Conversation: Do You Recognize It?
Emotion has a way of muddying the waters of an otherwise clear set of facts. It clouds the judgement and makes objectivity more difficult. This has always been the case, yet in recent years our society has made a significant shift in the delicate balance between emotional appeals and raw facts. Unfortunately, that shift has … Continue reading Post-Truth Conversation: Do You Recognize It?
Protesting the Police? Don’t Be Prejudiced While Screaming “Prejudice!”
The United States of America is a family of citizens and, not unlike your own family, has its problems. Just because Aunty Erline gets drunk and calls the neighbor outside of his name doesn’t mean your whole family is racist or lacks good sense. I would say the same for our country ... and for … Continue reading Protesting the Police? Don’t Be Prejudiced While Screaming “Prejudice!”
Is Vaping Harmful?
Why Vape? Determining the reason for taking up this practice of inhaling aerosolized vapors can go a long way. E-cigarettes, vape pens, hookahs, and other vaping devices have only been mass marketed for about a decade. That means science is only beginning to discover the potential harm vaping can do to both the vaper and … Continue reading Is Vaping Harmful?
Testing My Christianity: No Work, No Eat
What a simple, yet practical statement. This flies in the face of today’s entitled, lazy, unwilling to put forth effort, that job’s not good enough for me, I shouldn’t have to sacrifice - mentality. The following letter sums up the poisonous attitudes proliferating too much of our present day society. Dear world, I deserve nice things and should be able to enjoy all the amenities of life. If I can’t afford those things ...
Parents, Our Kids Can’t Handle Smartphones and Social Media!
Why are we acting like we can't control this increasingly destructive trend of social media and smartphone overuse that is tearing at the social fabric of our lives? This applies to internet enthusiasts of all ages, but as often is the case, our young are more vulnerable and negatively affected by overexposure to the grown-up … Continue reading Parents, Our Kids Can’t Handle Smartphones and Social Media!
The N-Word: It Isn’t Just For Racists Anymore
What’s with the selective outrage over the use of the N-word? Has it not in some ways become an everyday word, with all kinds of new meanings? Thanks to today’s black people - not yesterday’s white people - it has once again become commonplace to use the N-word. Although many older people are still highly … Continue reading The N-Word: It Isn’t Just For Racists Anymore
Freedom of Speech, Not Agreement of Speech
The Constitution gives all Americans the right to free speech. That means you can share what you think and believe without fear of harm. There is no caveat for agreement. In other words, one doesn’t have to agree with the speech of others; one doesn’t even have to listen to the speech of others. One … Continue reading Freedom of Speech, Not Agreement of Speech
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