Franke: A New but Old List of Resolutions
by Mark Franke I am not going to resolve in 2021 to exercise more or lose weight. Sure, I need to do both those things and will work on them, but I won’t take the cheap way out and declare them to be my New Year resolutions. They are too easy to make and even easier Read the full article…
The Outstater
ALTHOUGH THE DEBATE is over as to whether equality should be “of opportunity” or “of results” (we lost), there are doubts that still nag. The bullet points below reflect our random thoughts denying the winning side’s promise of a better society: • There is a rise of diversity “officers” at every level from elementary school to university. We are told Read the full article…
Morris: AD 2020 — the Long View
by Leo Morris Time magazine, demonstrating the legacy media’s continued decline into irrelevance, has deemed 2020 “the worst year ever.” No, not hardly, and that claim is easily dismissed with an expansion of Descartes’ “I think, therefore I am.” If you are reading this, you are not dead yet. Ergo, not the worst year ever. There Read the full article…
Franke: A Christmas Hope for All
by Mark Franke A good friend of mine, now sainted, was a professor of theology at our local Lutheran seminary. He had a brilliant mind that was manifested in a pastoral heart. He was known for his pithy statements, expressing profound points in a handful of words. Recently I was reminded of one such. It Read the full article…
Morris: Mother Teresa and Facing Doubt
by Leo Morris On a wall of the weight room in my gym at St. Joseph Medical Center downtown is a quote attributed to Mother Teresa that’s been sneaking up on me for the last few months. Many of you probably already know it: People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; forgive them anyway. / Read the full article…
The Scary Politics of COVID Vaccinations
THERE IS A SCARY SOUND to the reported debate within the Center for Disease Control as to whether blacks as a group should receive the COVID vaccine ahead of the elderly. It would be a matter of social justice, the argument goes. Congressmen and government employees, as always, have their own rationale for special treatment. But it Read the full article…
