Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts: When Checkmate Becomes Impossible
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them (Genesis 1:27 NIV).
–Moses
Imagine this conversation between two chess players in a hotly contested match:
“Checkmate!”
“Hardly, my friend.”
“But your king’s trapped.”
“That’s no longer my king,” he says, as he uses the piece to take the other’s bishop. “I’m identifying the king as a queen.”
“Say what?”
“Yep. Was a king, now a queen.”
“But you can’t do that. It violates the rules of […]
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: When Checkmate Becomes Impossible
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them (Genesis 1:27 NIV).
–Moses
Imagine this conversation between two chess players in a hotly contested match:
“Checkmate!”
“Hardly, my friend.”
“But your king’s trapped.”
“That’s no longer my king,” he says, as he uses the piece to take the other’s bishop. “I’m identifying the king as a queen.”
“Say what?”
“Yep. Was a king, now a queen.”
“But you can’t do that. It violates the rules of […]
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 […]