Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts: Members of the Jury, What Say Ye?
“Most people live, whether physically, intellectually, or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness, and of their soul’s resources in general … Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.”
–William James, American philosopher and psychologist
A good friend asked me to write about the verdict in the Trump trial. Initially, I declined, knowing plenty of ink would […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Just the Facts, Ma’am!
“There’s a danger in the internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don’t have to think, you just have to get more information–gets very dangerous.”
–Edward de Bono, Maltese commentator
Just a guess, but you aren’t glued to the television or XM radio to follow Donald Trump’s trial. You might tune in briefly, just for an update. After all, this is the first time a former president has gone on […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Who’s Relevant Now?
“Existence is no more than the precarious attainment of relevance in an intensely mobile flux of past, present, and future.”
–Susan Sontag, American writer
Even the casual follower of the NFL probably knows the name, “Brock Purdy.” Notwithstanding a stellar career at Iowa State, he was selected by the San Francisco 49ers with the last pick in the 2022 NFL draft, renowned for the dubious distinction of “Mr. Irrelevant.”
Apparently, this twenty-two-year-old didn’t get the memo. He began his career as the third-string […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Could There Be a Monster in Your House?
“Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our time.”
–Condoleeza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State and current director of Stanford’s Hoover Institution
We’re living in a pandemic. No, not a viral pandemic. Actually, something more sinister–the pandemic of human trafficking. No less a person than Pope Francis has aptly referred to it as a “scourge.”
Human trafficking is defined as a crime in which victims are exploited and traffickers profit at the expense of adults or children by compelling them […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Members of the Jury, What Say Ye?
“Most people live, whether physically, intellectually, or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness, and of their soul’s resources in general … Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.”
–William James, American philosopher and psychologist
A good friend asked me to write about the verdict in the Trump trial. Initially, I declined, knowing plenty of ink would […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Just the Facts, Ma’am!
“There’s a danger in the internet and social media. The notion that information is enough, that more and more information is enough, that you don’t have to think, you just have to get more information–gets very dangerous.”
–Edward de Bono, Maltese commentator
Just a guess, but you aren’t glued to the television or XM radio to follow Donald Trump’s trial. You might tune in briefly, just for an update. After all, this is the first time a former president has gone on […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Who’s Relevant Now?
“Existence is no more than the precarious attainment of relevance in an intensely mobile flux of past, present, and future.”
–Susan Sontag, American writer
Even the casual follower of the NFL probably knows the name, “Brock Purdy.” Notwithstanding a stellar career at Iowa State, he was selected by the San Francisco 49ers with the last pick in the 2022 NFL draft, renowned for the dubious distinction of “Mr. Irrelevant.”
Apparently, this twenty-two-year-old didn’t get the memo. He began his career as the third-string […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Could There Be a Monster in Your House?
“Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our time.”
–Condoleeza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State and current director of Stanford’s Hoover Institution
We’re living in a pandemic. No, not a viral pandemic. Actually, something more sinister–the pandemic of human trafficking. No less a person than Pope Francis has aptly referred to it as a “scourge.”
Human trafficking is defined as a crime in which victims are exploited and traffickers profit at the expense of adults or children by compelling them […]