When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.” Will Rogers After 16 days of the government shutdown, Republicans in Congress finally decided that the hole was deep enough. With no way out from the hole that Ted Cruz and other Tea Party Republicans started digging in a futile attempt to undue the Affordable Care…
“We Invented Jesus” & Other Conspiracy Theories!
I love good conspiracy theories! I don’t necessarily buy what many of these conspiracy theorists are selling, but some are quite compelling. Living so close to Roswell, I want to believe that aliens crash landed in New Mexico in 1947. Much more interesting than a stray weather balloon from Holloman Air Force Base that floated…
The Redskins, Bob Costas & the Tyranny of the Minority!
From President Obama to Bob Costas, it seems that political and media elites are circling the wagons in a concerted effort to shame Daniel Snyder, the owner of The Washington Redskins, to change the name of this storied N.F.L. franchise. While an overwhelming majority of Americans in surveys — including 90 % of Native Americans — are not offended…
Preaching to the Crowd or Preaching to the Choir?
preach to the choir (preach to the converted): Fig. to make one’s case primarily to one’s supporters; to make one’s case only to those people who are present or who are already friendly to the issues.” Every Sunday morning when I get up to preach, I know that there are at least two different audiences…
Graciously Communicating About Politics & Gov’t
“There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.” (Linus, from “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”) In my line of work, I can’t avoid discussing the first of Linus’ three taboo subjects. It comes with the territory. Pumpkins — great or small — are thankfully…