Monthly Archives: July 2017
The Daily Dose – July 8, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… TO BOLDLY GO…WHERE WE’VE ALREADY GONE BEFORE: Vice President Mike Pence – whose motorcade we witnessed then reviewed in this space a couple of weeks ago – visited the Kennedy Space Center in Florida … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – The 14th Dali Lama
Through their own practice, individuals gain their own merit. The relics and rituals are only tools. – The 14th Dali Lama The 14th and current Dali Lama, born Lhamo Thondup in 1935 in Tibet, is the spiritual leader of Tibetan … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – July 5, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… GREAT MOMENTS IN THE MINIMUM WAGE: Missouri Governor Eric Greitens this week announced he will neither sign nor veto a bill that would prevent cities and counties in his state from establishing their own … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – July 4, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US: 88,026 days after America declared its independence from Britain, let’s take a look at how our Founding Fathers might regard the country the America they founded has turned into. Leading … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Dorothy Canfield Fisher
If we would only give, just once, the same amount of reflection to what we want to get out of life that we give to the question of what to do with two weeks vacation, we would be startled at … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – July 3, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… SORT OF HOT CONTINENTAL CONGRESS ACTION: The 3rd of July, sandwiched as it is between the 2nd of July – when the United Colonies actually declared their independence from Britain – and the 4th … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Confucius
When wanted, go. When set aside, then hide. – Confucius Confucius was a Chinese educator and philosopher who flourished 500 years before Christ, as we Westerners reckon the calendar. He grew up in northeast China and by some accounts was … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – July 2, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… WHAT IN THEE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?: The GOP is in power and they are unable to govern! This is relatively funny, actually. A party in control of both the White House and … Continue reading
Staying Active Until The Next Election
Even though it is not campaign season, from time to time I will get asked by a citizen who is not pleased with our government what they can do during these partisan, fractured and bickering times. Because it isn’t easy … Continue reading
The Thought for the Day – Moussa
Nobody said no. – Moussa Moussa is a friend of mine. He’s from Senegal and like a lot of his fellow Senegalese who moved here, Moussa works two full-time, physically demanding jobs, usually with a smile on his face. He … Continue reading