Editorial
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An antidote for a TV-induced bad attitude
One of the problems in today’s world is that we watch the television news and let it affect our attitudes. After awhile we think that everybody is corrupt and that all of us are doomed. Admit it. Your worldview is more pessimistic than it used to be. We need some hope. This week I turned off the TV and watched and listened to the people around me. Here’s what I found. A lawyer called me. He had some questions and I did what I could to...
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A tragic week in review
Two weeks ago the Boston Marathon was interrupted by a terrorist attack. Two brothers born in Kyrgyzstan who migrated to the US from Chechen a decade ago decided to kill innocent civilians in a cowardly act. It is befuddling that young Muslim Jihadists can be so easily persuaded to kill without remorse for a perversion of Islam. Islamic extremists Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are terrorists and for that reason alone they should have been ...
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Extra, Extra! Newspapers aren’t dead!
“Extra! Extra! Newspapers aren’t dead!” This is quoted from a recent headline in USA Today. The article, by Rem Rieder, reports a new business model has taken shape that makes newspapers a mature industry and, at the same time, an emerging industry. And who doesn’t love the local newspaper? Where else will we find a picture of our grandchild hitting a baseball over the fence or our daughter receiving an award for winning the spelling bee? W...
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Too many pinwheels
Last week I visited several elementary schools in the circuit. On the front lawns I often saw dozens of pinwheels in the ground, spinning as the breeze blew and sparkling in the sunlight. You know what they symbolize. Victims of child abuse. This week those abused children didn’t need pinwheels to remind me of their plight. I had autopsy photos to do that. Ty’Qwan was only two years old. His mother felt overwhelmed caring for another chil...
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Who wants to be my Sugar Mama?
Back in August of last year, I wrote a column about how you’re raised is what counts. The reason for the column was an email I had received from a man who runs a dating company for those well-off financially. He said his company had done a survey to see who would be most likely to jump in front of their dates to save them from a shooter. His “survey” found that men who make between $80,000 and $125,000 were most likely to sacrifice themselves...
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