For three weeks now the Occupy Wall Street mobfab has been lurching amumbo toward who knows what. Here are hundreds of people convened to occupy Wall Street for a cornucopia of vague discontents most of which seem to center around …
As we gyrate through the pre-election candidates’ masquerade event, we glimpse bits of the guests’ secret faces and wonder about their closeted pasts. Shhh-did you hear? Oh, sorry, careful, but anyway her husband councils people queerly, and, yes, I am …
There is a lot of wailing right now about the coming crash, the mid-east spoiling for war, Israel at battle stations, and the general unwinding of the American system. There are a whole lot of my evangelical brethren who believe …
My Charge to My Son at His Wedding This is the charge we gave our son at his wedding in 2002. It is still as true now as it was then. This will inspire you with hope. It inspires me …
This being the 10 year anniversary of the Twin Towers disaster we are once again brought to the emotional heart wrench that was 911. It all comes back, the stunning memory of the towers beginning to sink, the anger over …
This week the president is scheduled to give a (supposedly) important speech on his jobs plan. He is being looked to for wisdom and help in turning around the high unemployment in the nation. Now, I have to say, I …
It concerns me that our political leaders seem intent on getting us into further wars in the mid-east. As far as I can discern there is no conflict too far away nor too far removed from our national interest to …
I have been thinking about gold this morning. Sometimes we dream about gold, you know, Scrooge McDuck reveling in his warehouse full of gold coins only with our faces instead of his. However, dreaming is dreaming but how often do …
Last night we found out that Standard and Poor’s had down graded our nation’s credit rating for the first time in American history. This came in the wake of the barely finalized shouting match over the raising of the debt …
Current politics has caused me to once again consider political incrementalism. Here I am typing this only four days before the supposed decision day of August 2nd when the US government will in theory run out of money to pay …