Honoring the victims of 9/11

I have been asked to participate in our local observance of 9/11 and will do so happily. In researching what I could do to honor our fallen heroes I discovered a fabulous project to recognize every victim of this horrific act of cowardly terroism. The website is 2996 – A tribute to the victims of [...]

Read more »

Appeasement 101

I stumbled across a brilliant column by Victor Hanson outlining the futility of the politics of appeasement. Fascism and Terrorism do not allow us the option of peaceful coexistence. I will be reading more of Mr. Hanson’s work in the future.
*****
It is easy to damn the 1930s appeasers of Hitler such as Stanley Baldwin and [...]

Read more »

Blessings to our Military

After seeing "World Trade Center" this weekend, I resolved to post thanks and encouragement to the blog or website of every member of the American military I stumbled across. Regardless of their politics, gender, ethnicity or social standing, these men and women are heroes. I am happy to thank Michael Gallaugher living in Worcester [...]

Read more »

Can Anyone Fix Public Education?

The public school system in New Mexico is broken. Politics, infighting, cronyism, mismanagement and incompetence have capsized the vessel. The latest report reveals that almost 70% of schools in Albuquerque failed to meet progress standards.
Officials in state and local government blamed everyone and everything for the problem. I will not repeat their tired refrains. One [...]

Read more »

Greetings!

Welcome to our discussion of faith, politics and culture.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

Read more »