Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
Tuesday Thoughts
Thoughts of an Optimistic Writer
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: What are Friends For?
“Keep smiling and keep shining, knowing you can always count on me, for sure; that’s what friends are for. In good times and bad times, I’ll be on your side forever more; that’s what friends are for.”
–“That’s What Friends Are For” (by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager; 1982)
Maybe it’s an age thing. The older I get, the more I cherish my friends. Perhaps some of you, now […]
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: What are Friends For?
“Keep smiling and keep shining, knowing you can always count on me, for sure; that’s what friends are for. In good times and bad times, I’ll be on your side forever more; that’s what friends are for.”
–“That’s What Friends Are For” (by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager; 1982)
Maybe it’s an age thing. The older I get, the more I cherish my friends. Perhaps some of you, now […]