“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 […]

“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 […]

“Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you.”

–Robert Fulghum (author of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten.)

Ethan Crumbley. Remember the name? I’d wager most of us don’t. I didn’t, at least until I happened upon his parents’ sentencing last week as it was broadcast on the radio. In 2021, Ethan was fifteen-years-old when he shot and killed four classmates in his high school in Michigan. He’s serving a life […]

“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt.”

–President Abraham Lincoln

Well, we made it through another April Fools’ Day. Like Halloween, not my favorite day of frivolity. Call me a Donnie Downer, but such celebrations are nearly devoid of any redeeming value. Don’t get me wrong; I like to kid my family and friends just as much or more than the next person, but I don’t devote an entire day to it.

That […]