Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts: Whose Right to Choose?
“Every person has the right to have his life respected. This right shall be protected by law and, in general, from the moment of conception. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.”
—American Convention on Human Rights (1969)
Some topics are worth re-visiting, so I’m writing again today about the right to life debate–something I covered April 6 of this year.
The topic of abortion never goes […]
Tuesday Thoughts: What’s the True Cost of Nation-building?
“A Democratic foreign policy would empower experts to plan post-conflict reconstruction ahead of time; not on the fly; it would build a standing roster of international police to handle security after we topple a tyrant; it would create a system to rapidly stand up indigenous security forces.”
–Senator Joe Biden (Wall Street Journal, September 9, 2004)
I confess: Over the last two decades, I stopped following events in Afghanistan. Perhaps you did […]
Tuesday Thoughts: What Does the World Need Now?
“What the world needs now, is love, sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of…”
–“What the World Needs Now is Love” (Jackie DeShannon, 1965)
It would be hard to argue against the fact that our world today needs a little more love. Right? The hatred, bias, and vitriol combine to poison our interpersonal relationships.
Everything coming out […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Where Have All the Heroes Gone?
“…Never give in. Never, never, never, never–in nothing, great or small, large or petty–never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.” (emphasis mine)
–Winston Churchill
First, the bad news. World figures like Churchill, Gandhi, Roosevelt, King, Reagan, and Thatcher–heroes of the past–are now few and far between.
Today, our earliest national heroes–from the founding of our nation through the Civil War–are vilified and shamed for […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Whose Right to Choose?
“Every person has the right to have his life respected. This right shall be protected by law and, in general, from the moment of conception. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his life.”
—American Convention on Human Rights (1969)
Some topics are worth re-visiting, so I’m writing again today about the right to life debate–something I covered April 6 of this year.
The topic of abortion never goes […]
Tuesday Thoughts: What’s the True Cost of Nation-building?
“A Democratic foreign policy would empower experts to plan post-conflict reconstruction ahead of time; not on the fly; it would build a standing roster of international police to handle security after we topple a tyrant; it would create a system to rapidly stand up indigenous security forces.”
–Senator Joe Biden (Wall Street Journal, September 9, 2004)
I confess: Over the last two decades, I stopped following events in Afghanistan. Perhaps you did […]
Tuesday Thoughts: What Does the World Need Now?
“What the world needs now, is love, sweet love. It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of…”
–“What the World Needs Now is Love” (Jackie DeShannon, 1965)
It would be hard to argue against the fact that our world today needs a little more love. Right? The hatred, bias, and vitriol combine to poison our interpersonal relationships.
Everything coming out […]
Tuesday Thoughts: Where Have All the Heroes Gone?
“…Never give in. Never, never, never, never–in nothing, great or small, large or petty–never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.” (emphasis mine)
–Winston Churchill
First, the bad news. World figures like Churchill, Gandhi, Roosevelt, King, Reagan, and Thatcher–heroes of the past–are now few and far between.
Today, our earliest national heroes–from the founding of our nation through the Civil War–are vilified and shamed for […]