I stand in astonishment at the arguments that We the People of the United States make over Christmas. For a holiday that is supposed to be so very joyous, there are so many others that are offended at the very mention of the holiday. Some of these folks, and you know who they are, will [...]
31“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. 32All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33He will put the sheep [...]
In all of the modern countries of the world, we the inhabitants of those countries can enjoy a variety of public services, paid for by our own tax money. We all seem to recognize a common need for police and fire protection, as well as crews of paramedics. For the common good, we educate our [...]
Since the days of exploration in the history of both the United States and Canada, the brave and the not-so-brave among us have put themselves into harms way in the name of the good of our nations. They have prevented our territories from attack, and they have saved the lives of our citizens and residents. [...]
Many states are having serious problems making their budgets work. There is a well known situation in California where services have been cut drastically and the government has ground to a halt in the last year. It is easy to blame the governor and legislators for this, but the biggest problem is the existence of [...]
Yes, I don’t live in King County or Seattle at the moment, but I have spent nearly half my life ’round those parts. I am not going to get too original here, but I have noted that the folks over at Seattle Transit Blog have made the same choices for the Seattle City Mayor & [...]
Sometimes you read a story and you just have to wonder how things got this far. An article in today’s Oregonian tells us the story of a 19-year-old Vancouver WA girl named Blanca Catt. Despite having a hard start in life, she had become a success story of a bad situation turning out well. But [...]
In a recent news story covered nationwide, a gay Texas couple who had been married in Massachusetts, but are now Texas residents, wanted to file for an amicable divorce. The Family Law Court judge in the case ruled that she would hear the case for the divorce. In Texas, there is one of those recently-enacted [...]
I have been thinking a lot about the health care “debate” that has been going on in this country lately. The most significant part of the debate is not IF we need health care reform, but how to do it, and just how soon it can happen. In my opinion, this is one of the [...]
On Tuesday, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, the November referendum that took the right to marry away from California gays and lesbians. As a small consolation, they did not invalidate the legal marriages of around 11,000 couples that were already married. Proponents had based their support of the taking of rights from their [...]
