Make no mistake about it. What happened on September 11th in 2001 was heinous. Awful. Evil. Remember that our simplest, working definition of “evil” is the absence of God. Despite what the terrorists may have convinced themselves, they were clearly not operating under any power of God. The remembrance is
My good friend, Cathy, called me that morning, knowing I never put my TV on until eve. “Hey, turn on your TV. A plane just hit the World Trade Center. You’re going to want to see this.” Funny how some memories are forever etched in our mind. 25 years
Two primary principles gird today’s blog: (1) we will focus on what we know is true, and (2) we will resist making the uncertain certain… In January of 2023, Lindsay Clancy, a 36 year old, Massachusetts mother, killed her three children, 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson
It’s one of our many mantras: the question mark is the only punctuation piece that invites a response. Not all news sources are generous with such an invitation. Here are the first 70 Q’s we saw asked last month: 1. Alaska in Jeopardy for GOP? 2. As Socialists
Summer is always the slowest stretch on the annual sports calendar. The NBA and NHL are complete. Baseball takes a while to watch. And the NFL continues to snooze until fall (only 14 days away, friends!). So this summer, I had high hopes. With an estimated three-and-a-half
What a talent. What a woman. What a story. At age 80, Dolly Parton has passed away. There is much to admire... Her career spanned 60 years. She made 50 studio albums. She won eleven Grammys, three Emmys, and was nominated by the Academy, Golden Globes, Tonys and more. She
Once again we come to the end our an annual summer series, a time when we hear the varied perspectives from a variety of people. What a great group of writers and an insightful slate of topics! From books to billionaires to examining human birthrights… From life in the margins
As has become a bit of a tradition, we end this year’s Guest Writer Series with keen insights from my favorite guest blogger. He is articulate and creative and really good with people. He likes college football, country music, and most all edible Mexican fare. He is my gifted
[Welcome to our annual Guest Writers Series. Meet articulate contributor #11...] Have you ever stopped to think of all the lives you could have lived? We made so many choices to get to where we are today, and if we had heeded another call on our time, where would we
[Welcome to our annual Guest Writer Series. Meet articulate contributor #10...] I know this sounds ridiculous. Especially in a country and culture where beauty seems to be the most valuable commodity of being human. I come at this from a weird perspective. Let me give you some background for context.
[Welcome to our annual Guest Writers Series. Meet articulate contributor #9...] I don’t know about the rest of the world, but those of us living in Chicago have been subjected to a daily barrage of fact, fiction, opinion, rhetoric, and various other forms of clickbait over the past several
[Welcome to our annual Guest Writer Series. Meet articulate contributor #8...] I’ve been an Anglophile for decades and recently became so enchanted with Scotland that I’m hoping to find a way to rent a house over there soon. I’ve been watching as the United Kingdom encompassing England,