A reflection for Election Day: When I was a young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I couldn’t change the nation, I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried …
[ > Keep reading ]Happiness is Making History
I’m so sick of election stuff, stuff, stuff; and I’m sure you are, too. Yet please indulge me for two more days. No matter who wins tomorrow, we will make History — either way, we will have placed someone other than a white male in one of the top two posts of the land, and after 232 years of history, …
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Vote. Just VOTE!
I truly believe this is the most important Presidential election that has occurred in my lifetime (since 1956, then). I don’t know who will win… and frankly, both candidates have enough pros and cons going for them that I don’t believe we can mess up too badly either way, and in any case neither is capable of solving ALL (if …
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