Yesterday I wrote about younger generations coddled and in search of a challenge. I wonder why previous generations have worked so hard to take such swaddled care of these younger generations?  Of course there are countless answers, because there are a lot of people with multiple reasons.  But may I suggest one important one? The hardest challenge any individual can face is themselves – taming their impulses to greed, envy, sloth, gluttony, lust….  The less we have to struggle with the necessities of life – food, shelter, warmth –  the more we should be able to focus on overcoming those base impulses. 

Most have presumed that anti-Trump crazy is just politics – attempts by his political opponents to capitalize on the man’s obvious flaws and ignore his equally obvious strengths.  Pretty standard political stuff, even if he is a pretty unconventional guy.  I certainly have presumed that AOC and those few other nutty, ignorant Congresspersons are exceptions, not the rule.  But after watching just a small portion of the Barr presser this morning (this is written prior to the release of the report) I am beginning to wonder if we are not sitting on several generations of the massively ignorant, coupled with, and perhaps

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is a symbol – unquestionably.  The question is, “Of what?” I have never been to that particular European Cathedral, but I have been to dozens.  I am attracted to them like a moth to a candle and have been to them in virtually every European city I have visited – not to mention Middle Eastern City.  If there was not a cathedral in the city, I visited the biggest church.  On those visits I have seen people ascribe to them all sorts of meaning, from the sacred to the profane to the evil.  I have seen them viewed with awe and I have seen them disrespected.  I have seen the

It is rare that I disagree with the host in these spaces, but today is one of those days.  The host discussed Tiger Woods Masters victory this past weekend on this morning’s show as “a redemption story.”  While it does indeed mark one of the greatest sports comeback stories in history, I think to invoke the word “redemption” is a step too far. Mr. Woods real problem was not the loss of his game, disappointing though that was to his legion of fans.  Mr. Woods real problem was that in order to achieve the extraordinary levels of success he did achieve that decade and more ago, he focused on golf to