Last night, my husband and I attended a local high school basketball game. After the players were introduced, the public address announcer asked that everyone stand as the national anthem was played, to “honor our flag and our country.” Perhaps because I am a first generation American, perhaps because our son served in the 82nd Airborne [...]
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Thank You Thursday
December 30, 2010Tuesday Tidbit
November 2, 2010Special Election Day edition! People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people. Of course, that is not true. Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote – a very different thing. ~ Walter H. Judd Democracy is the only system [...]
9/11 nine years later
September 11, 2010I’m watching the replay of the 9/11/01 Today Show, being rebroadcast commercial-free today on MSNBC. It is as chilling today as it was the day it aired live. Many thoughts are racing through my mind. Please add yours below. My Dad was alive at the time, and he was a news junkie. He lived about 30 [...]
Newslink: Leadership
August 27, 2010NYC Mosque: Time to Act? (Or…What do leaders need to know about perfecting the timing of weighing in on a crisis?) The Wall Street Journal asked the question and nine panelists answered. Although the incident that sparked the discussion is the mosque proposed within blocks of the World Trade Center site, the actual topic at hand [...]
Why we celebrate
July 4, 2010It’s Independence Day. Did you remember? July 4th is more than picnics and fireworks. Today is the 234th anniversary of when the Continental Congress of the thirteen united States of America unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence from the monarchy of Great Britain. Here is the text (minus the specific list of grievances); a reminder of what [...]
When I think of freedom…
July 3, 2010…I think of my son, who fought to protect our freedoms in search of Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, the rights of the people in Iraq to self-determine their form of government, and then the rights of the Afghan people to hold free and fair elections in their country. …I think of the still-smoldering rubble of the [...]
Patriotism or religion?
March 12, 2010Yesterday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, covering eleven states and territories and based in California, ruled against a group of atheist parents who brought suit based on their belief that the Pledge of Allegiance represents government endorsement of religion, which is prohibited in the U.S. Constitution. The parents filed suit to stop teachers from leading [...]
Olympic thoughts: The spirit of the games
February 13, 2010Today Show host Matt Lauer carried the Olympic torch 300 yards earlier this week. As he was describing the experience, he said that as the torch was handed off, an Olympic representative reminded torchbearers that the Olympic torch was the single most powerful symbol of world peace today. It was awe-inspiring to Lauer to carry that symbol forth. [...]
It’s simple: Healthcare reform is needed.
January 25, 2010This post is not my typical style. It is a real life story that I feel needs to be told. And, it’s my story. I hope you’ll read it and respond – in words and action. Something is wrong with healthcare, and reform is needed. I get that we need to negotiate what that means. No matter [...]
Veterans Day
November 11, 2009Today is Veterans Day. To my son, a US Army 82nd Airborne veteran of two tours in Afghanistan and a tour in Iraq, and to all the other brave men and women who gave a part of their life to protect our freedom: Thank you for your service.
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