Monthly Archives: February 2016
Let’s Stop Convicting The Innocent
The news is both good and bad. One the one hand, it’s good news the number of people exonerated after being convicted of crimes they didn’t commit went up last year. The bad news, of course, is that innocent people … Continue reading
The Thought For the Day – February 4, 2016
…the spirit of inquiry was alive here, and where it has free existence, ignorance cannot last. … Continue reading
Thought for the Day – February 3, 2016
The dreams that draw humanity forward seem always to be redeemed, if we believe in them strongly enough and pursue them with diligence and courage. – Richard Nixon Richard Nixon, of course, has a lot to answer for. He … Continue reading
Thought for the Day – February 2, 2016
It was the blood stained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery, through which I was about to pass. – Frederick Douglass, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave The incident that inspired this passage comes from a … Continue reading
A Peaceful America, A Peaceful World
Last time we talked we discussed the four things I want for our country. I want them as an America citizen, not only because I am a candidate for party’s US Senate nomination. In case you missed it, here they … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – February 1, 2016
Fortune had betrayed him for the moment, and the world had turned against him. Victory was slipping from his grasp even as he stretched out his hand to seize it. But his arm was long. … Continue reading