America and Americans

Safe Space

In educational institutions, safe-space (or safe space), safer-space, and positive space originally were terms used to indicate that a teacher, educational institution or student body does not tolerate anti LGBT violence, harassment or hate speech, thereby creating a safe place for all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students.   The term safe-space has been extended […]

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Peaches

“Peaches:”  probably one of the most important words in the English language.  And the word has nothing to do with politics.  (Isn’t that refreshing!)  Taking this Sunday off from politics is certainly a good thing on many levels.  But for me it allows me to think through other very important issues in my life without

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Thank You!

Yesterday, over 4,000 of you “tuned in” to participate in the conversation about our Healthcare.  I just wanted to take a moment and thank you for allowing me to share my perspective.  Remember my motto:  just because I think I’m right doesn’t mean I’m right.  And just because you may think I’m wrong doesn’t mean

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Words

“Words have consequences.”  I’m certain you’ve heard that before.  Most memorable to me was former POTUS Barack Obama when he said that.  In the same conversation he said, “Elections have consequences.”  Both quotes are right-on.  Our words do have the unique ability to mean life or death to whom they are spoken.  The Bible says

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