From Died-in-the-Wool Liberal to Right-Wing Extremist?

How does that even happen? Or, even more than that, does it? The news had been full of reports decrying the “dozens” of people that attended the Tea Parties on Tax Day. Just a few angry, right wingers, venting and eschewing their tax-paying duties. Or so...

Did You Know?

I was reading through some newsletters, as I do while going through my email each morning, and came across some info that I honestly either did not remember or had never heard of or learned. Here are a few for that fertile brain of yours today: The state of...

Tweet. Tweet. Tweet Away!

Ok, so the tech world of late is not only obsessed with the new phenomenon called TWITTER, folks across the globe are learning to “tweet”.  If you didn’t catch CNN’s Larry King and Ashton Kutcher’s race to gain one million followers, then...

Tolerance. Has it Made Us Better? Safer?

The frustrated individual was bemoaning the erratic behavior of a caller that had just left them a message. “Ok, what do you do with a bully?” I asked. Hoping to calm them a bit and help them regain their composure if not perspective. “Punch them in...

To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes. – Fritz Kunkel