Category Archives: POV

Love them or hate them, guns, politics, inflation, national identity, and the congressional hearings into the events of January 6 all focus attention on a single decisive person – no, not an elected person – I mean the voter – the voter who has been pulled into very divisive directions – the voter who  isContinue reading “Forget Your politics and be an American”

BLUF: They Are All Liars – you can quote me on this (LOL). Angry consumers tend to place blame for the nation’s economic woes based on no more evidence than a one-sided news story, social media (like minded) scrolling, headlines from self-proclaimed subject matter expects with no credentials, or bootlegged economic insight from our localContinue reading “The Economic Inflation Blame Game”

There are moments in our lives that map the advancing milestones of who we are – these moments are as telling, as they are significant – our lives, our place in that life, and our positions are never more clear than at the realization of these moments – for example: Learning to walk, pee standingContinue reading “Magical Moments”

What’s in your bushel? Is it hiding the light of your beliefs? Division by Any Other Name is Still a Divide I’m not a highly-educated person, so please take anything I share with a grain of (common sense) salt – tragically, we are a very divided nation – we argue and clash over so manyContinue reading ““Hide it Under a Bushel, No!””

“Pretending – to speak and act so as to make it appear that something is the case when in fact it is not.” Pretending can be a fun child’s game – I’m a pirate, a superhero, a puppy, or a princess. Pretending can be an effective technique in grown up situations – I’m helpful, supportive,Continue reading “Pretending”

Calendars are tough – finding calendar time for all topic relevant events for a city, community, or church is a real challenge – on that note, some may know Sunday, February 27 was the last Sunday of Black History Month for our nation – for the Southern Baptist Convention, it was also Racial Reconciliation Sunday,Continue reading “Racial Reconciliation Sunday… or not”

These thoughts are more about being careful with what we hitch our “belief” wagons to, and not really the Supreme Court case I’m about to reference – why do I make this distinction? Never forget, there are many political groups cloaked as “Christians” leveraging churches to fill their coffers and build support for their (lessContinue reading “I’m really not a knucklehead, so will you pray with me?”

I enjoy all kinds of movies, but none more than a good documentary or reflections of historical events – for me, movies can be a great launch point into deeper questions, greater insight, different perspectives, and mostly fact checking, and real research. I recently watched “Denial” – it is the 2016 movie based on theContinue reading “Denial is a Decision”

GOP (VA EO1)   -vs-   VA K-12 Public Schools – or… How to Teach a Bad Thing Without Teaching the Thing Was Bad? Or… Avoiding a Bad Thing Doesn’t Make the Bad Thing Less Significant or Go Away Okay – let’s consider an issue that has captured the attention of our conservative, morally transparent GOP friendsContinue reading “How to Teach a Bad Thing Without Teaching the Thing Was Bad”

Fun Financial Facts: Since the start of the pandemic, ten of the world’s richest people doubled their collective personal wealth – increasing it from o/a $700 billion to $1.5 trillion – all while personal incomes/resources of o/a 80% of the rest of the planet fell during that same time – even more fun facts, theContinue reading “A Fair and Free Economy – Or Eat the Rich – Wait, What?”