For those unaware, this type of message is an invitation to contemplate, not an assault on my dear readers.  When I use “we,” I refer to a segment of or our entire society.  I understand that not everyone belongs to the group I am referring to. Selective Interpretation We argue the Second Amendment right to bear arms extends to openly carrying a rifle into a grocery store or concealing a handgun...

Sweet Land of Liberty? In a country proclaiming freedom of speech as its preeminent 1st Amendment constitutional right, we now seek to silence voices instead of protecting them.   College students protest to cancel speakers with “incorrect” viewpoints.  A counter-protest is an opposing speech.  A cancel protest is a suppression of speech that is worse than any expression of speech.     What...

…may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.  Do they teach children this lesson anymore, or has it gone the way of multiplication tables?   Of course, it is much easier to widely broadcast words today than when the author penned them in the mid-1800s.  We are no longer limited to whispering gossip into our classmate's ears or scrawling scandalous words on the bathroom wall. Today,...

I made it through another trip around the sun.  Yes, I am approaching (not there) that age when I am not excited about adding a digit, but I am glad to make it another year – not everyone did. Reality Setting In Just when the dad bod was coming into style and finding many devotees, I creakily slid into the grandpa bod.  Earlier this year, I joined a gym and engaged a personal trainer in hopes of...

The Distinction Warren Buffet says, “The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say ‘no’ to almost everything.” They realize every activity carries an opportunity cost.  When we say “yes” to one thing, we necessarily say “no” to another.    The issue does not lie in easy choices such as reading the Bible vs. watching The Masked Singer. ...