Listening On Purpose
Learning to say no is only one lesson on this journey over the past year. When God is leading you down an unknown path, introspection becomes an important part of what you do, learning about what drives you and what…
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Why Affordable Healthcare Is Good
Edit: After a conversation with someone in the health insurance industry, I’ve adjusted a few comments made in this post. I think much of it is still true, but we have to dig deep — we can’t take a politician’s…
Why I don’t like Obamacare.
I don’t like Obamacare. I can’t stand it. Why? It’s all in the name. Obamacare is about politics and grandstanding and is too intertwined in the two-headed monster of the American political system. It represents everything that is wrong with…
The Underdog Kids
‘This is not an argument in favor of orphanhood and deprivation,’ Brown writes, ‘but the existence of these eminent orphans does suggest that in certain circumstances a virtue can be made of necessity.’ [143] Instead of responding in a ‘let…
The Underdog School
Posturing your child for the best school placement is nearly universal in America today. From one neighborhood to the next, one county to the other, schools vary greatly in their official test scores, achievements and ratings. We want the best…
E.W. Jackson on “False Religion”
The Richmond Times-Dispatch recently wrote about an appearance by Virginia’s Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor, E.W. Jackson: [He] told his audience that those who do not follow Jesus Christ “engage in some sort of a false religion.” I immediately assumed “his audience”…