Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts: Can’t We Just Give All Kids a Chance?
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
–Benjamin Franklin
Notwithstanding my “expectations bar” being set pretty low for our Washington politicians, a recent interview with a well-known U.S. senator really surprised me. When asked the difference between “equality” and “equity,” this self-acknowledged socialist scratched his balding scalp covered with wild wisps of gray hair, pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, muttered a few words, and then admitted, “I don’t really know.”
Seriously? This is a man who has […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Could We Possibly Forgive Him?
“Justice is the constant and perpetual will to allot to every man his due.”
–Ulpian (ancient Roman jurist)
At least in the Carolinas, if not the entire nation, folks were recently riveted by the Alex Murdaugh trial. Perhaps not since the OJ Simpson trial has there been any spectacle so closely followed. The jury had barely been seated and Netflix had a series out, documenting the Murdaughs’ morass of mayhem, mishaps, and murder.
I’m sure we all know now of the trial’s outcome […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Will We Take Our Stand?
“When you stand for nothing, you fall for everything.”
–Alexander Hamilton
Recently, the CDC released the results of a 2021 study on teenage girls. Alarmingly, almost sixty percent experienced sadness/hopelessness, thirty percent contemplated suicide, and nearly twenty percent had been sexually abused.
Last month, when three Michigan State University students were shot and killed, it wasn’t even the first story reported on the national newscast I routinely watch. Contrast that to the Virginia Tech shootings in April of 2007. The country was rocked […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Have You Got Time On Your Hands?
There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the important thing.”
–Brian Tracy
America’s football fans, and there are tens of millions, must feel the letdown. College and pro football are over, at least for the next several months. If football’s your sport, there’s an empty feeling now, right? You might as well not turn on the television on a Saturday or Sunday. After all, unless you watch golf, or you’re one of the […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Can’t We Just Give All Kids a Chance?
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
–Benjamin Franklin
Notwithstanding my “expectations bar” being set pretty low for our Washington politicians, a recent interview with a well-known U.S. senator really surprised me. When asked the difference between “equality” and “equity,” this self-acknowledged socialist scratched his balding scalp covered with wild wisps of gray hair, pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose, muttered a few words, and then admitted, “I don’t really know.”
Seriously? This is a man who has […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Could We Possibly Forgive Him?
“Justice is the constant and perpetual will to allot to every man his due.”
–Ulpian (ancient Roman jurist)
At least in the Carolinas, if not the entire nation, folks were recently riveted by the Alex Murdaugh trial. Perhaps not since the OJ Simpson trial has there been any spectacle so closely followed. The jury had barely been seated and Netflix had a series out, documenting the Murdaughs’ morass of mayhem, mishaps, and murder.
I’m sure we all know now of the trial’s outcome […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Will We Take Our Stand?
“When you stand for nothing, you fall for everything.”
–Alexander Hamilton
Recently, the CDC released the results of a 2021 study on teenage girls. Alarmingly, almost sixty percent experienced sadness/hopelessness, thirty percent contemplated suicide, and nearly twenty percent had been sexually abused.
Last month, when three Michigan State University students were shot and killed, it wasn’t even the first story reported on the national newscast I routinely watch. Contrast that to the Virginia Tech shootings in April of 2007. The country was rocked […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Have You Got Time On Your Hands?
There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the important thing.”
–Brian Tracy
America’s football fans, and there are tens of millions, must feel the letdown. College and pro football are over, at least for the next several months. If football’s your sport, there’s an empty feeling now, right? You might as well not turn on the television on a Saturday or Sunday. After all, unless you watch golf, or you’re one of the […]