My heart has become more and more broken over the past 15 years or so years as I have watched my beloved “United” States of America devolve into two divided entities in a pitched battle for the soul of the country. Not since the actual Civil War has the apparent chasm between two halves of our nation been so enormous and the words so hateful.
Ever notice how often the following statement seems to occur in online political exchanges… “Are you just stupid or are you intentionally trying to ruin our country?” Ever notice that the following reply never occurs… “Y’know, you’re right. I never thought of it that way. I must be a moron. From this point on, I…
Sometimes, we’re just not going to successfully move a person to our side of an issue. He or she is so deeply rooted in an ideology or philosophy that to change would be a renunciation of their individual, long-standing and deeply entrenched belief system. Politics is a somewhat easy example to cite. Despite the old…
Back in college, I was heavily involved in school politics. Whether in college or the “real world”, anyone in public is subject to opinions that are not always complimentary. In those days, I was prone to taking this type of criticism personally. Very personally! I’d often complain to my friends, Bruce and Joe about this…
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