Perspective

October 2020

October 26, 2020
Lately, I’ve heard the term, “The Radical Left”, used more and more often. Through my...

September 2020

September 08, 2020
Even a pathological liar, given enough opportunities to speak, will occasionally let the truth slip...

March 2020

March 08, 2020
  Born in Simpler Times   March 16, 1967: That’s when I became a U.S....

January 2020

January 14, 2020
I think I've finally reached a tipping point. I've been trying to find ways to...

November 2019

November 05, 2019
There is not a book in the history of the world that has been so...

September 2019

September 23, 2019
I'm tired. The last several years have been hard on a lot of us. I'll...
September 20, 2019
A lot of the things I write get shared on some large social media platforms....
September 05, 2019
This story actually happened and I actually witnessed it. I chose to tell it in...

August 2019

August 22, 2019
Have you heard about the brouhaha over "The 1619 Project" from the New York Times?...
August 21, 2019
Yo-yos and boomerangs head off in one direction and swiftly return in the opposite direction....
August 19, 2019
There is a well-worn phrase that conservative Christians like to use as a way to...

July 2019

July 13, 2019
It's high time for me to come out of the closet. No, I'm not gay,...
July 10, 2019
It is amazing what kinds of fireworks people can now obtain for personal use. We've...
July 05, 2019
I know, I know, this is supposed to be the "Empathy Mine". I'm supposed to...

April 2019

April 13, 2019
Andy and I grew up in a small, all white town in Indiana, smack in...
April 12, 2019
My column here is called Empathy Mining. It's an important theme that I try to weave...
April 08, 2019
Although it feels like it's been around forever, social media is a very new thing,...
April 01, 2019
I've just come from a debate thread on my last article about Pete Buttigieg. In...

March 2019

March 19, 2019
I wrote an article earlier this week called The First Stone. In that introspective piece, I admitted...
March 18, 2019
I haven't delved too far into the details of the Green New Deal, a plan...
March 17, 2019
In the past month, I’ve written a couple of articles that were very widely read....
March 13, 2019
From time to time, I like to dig back through the Empathy Mining archives and...

February 2019

February 11, 2019
Dear President Trump, In the last few years, I've written a lot about you. I'm...
February 08, 2019
I’ve been here for a long time I couldn’t say how long Time means little...

January 2019

January 30, 2019
Trying to support the Democratic Party can be quite vexing. I believe a progressive political...
January 28, 2019
This piece was inspired by the reaction to my last one. Last week, I wrote...

September 2018

September 26, 2018
Let's face it, we have a president that might not be qualified to do most...

August 2018

August 01, 2018
At some level, I think everyone can feel it. Likely, many are too afraid to...

July 2018

July 22, 2018
He was a man of deep Christian faith, an ordained Presbyterian minister, and a Republican....
July 05, 2018
Like a lot of people, lately I've been struggling with finding optimism about my beloved...
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