The Power of Dissent

‘Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die’. This often-misquoted line comes from the poem/epic story, “The Charge of the Light Brigade” by Alfred Lord Tennison. It…

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Still Hungry

As we bask in the glow of our memories of the Thanksgiving weekend and try to figure out what to do with all the leftovers, I would invite all of…

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The Salvation Army

I have always admired the faithful presence of the Salvation Army outside of shopping venues; they ring their bells and stand vigil over their red kettles, taking spare change and…

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Breathe

I have had asthma my whole life, but it didn’t become a serious problem until I got hit in the throat during a softball game in college. I was playing…

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Cultural Hypocrisy

For years I have been joking (or have I?) about starting a class-action lawsuit against any non-Christian entity or person who is using “Christmas” to sell stuff. No more selling…

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Something to Unite Around

About a week ago, a group of people dressed in black with red masks (funny how they are afraid to let us know who they are) marched through Columbus, Ohio,…

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Time Passes Us All

A couple of months ago I wrote about the episode at the Drew University library in which I shocked two twenty-year-old students with the revelation that I had been a…

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Differences Make Us Great

Transgender Day of Remembrance services have been taking place since 1998 and have grown to be an international event. I can’t recall the first time one was held in my…

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Happiness, Part 2

To say that happiness is a choice is mostly true, but not always. I have known a lot of unhappy people in my life, and most of them were feeling…

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Happiness

I was watching 60 Minutes on Sunday night, and they did this really adorable piece about Bhutan, a small nation in the Himalayas, just to the north of Bangladesh. The…

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