I’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 [...]
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9/11 nine years later
September 11, 2010Newslink: 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.
A wall came down, and hope was raised
November 10, 2009When I was 14, our family traveled to the central area of (then) West Germany for my Uncle Edgar’s wedding. Perhaps someday I’ll write about the charm of a rural German wedding, but this post is about another site we visited. Our parents took my brother and I to see the East-West German border. I was [...]
Does the truth set you free?
October 21, 2009In the Bible, John 8:31-32 states: “Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.” While the last phrase is often quoted, it’s important to read it in [...]
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