And you’ll think love is to pray – but I’m sorry I don’t pray that way. – partial lyrics from “Tainted Love” by Soft Cell I can only recall telling one person the following; though perhaps I’ve let it slip out to others over the years. Either way, very few people know this about me.…
My Christmas week, if you will, has been ruined by the flu. I left work early on Christmas Eve (even in spite of the fact we were getting out early any way). Christmas Day was spent mostly isolated and on the couch. And the past three days have seen me in a constant state of…
Yesterday I came across an article on LinkedIn titled Why are hypocritical arguments so popular?. It basically points out how (and perhaps even why) people sometimes lash out against certain topics, but later are quick to defend them. Most every day examples center around politics, though the writer admitted that there’s really more to it.…
From the Chicago Sun Times: “The city of Harvey is paying $1.4 million to settle a lawsuit accusing Mayor Eric Kellogg and a police detective of sending a man to prison because they wrongly thought he stole cocaine from them.”
If you stop to think about that, it’s truly mind-boggling.
Warning: this blog post is political in nature. It’s not meant to change anyone’s mind nor take sides for any given issue or political party. It’s merely a response to (and an example of) what I feel is wrong with our eroding democratic system. Today on Facebook, I read what I thought was a very…
From John Boehner to Michelle Bachmann to Sarah Palin to Mitt Romney, the GOP seems to be but a shell of its old-self and the lack of true leadership and their inability to compromise is nothing short of amazing to me. They should be embarrassed and certainly deserved the ass kicking they got in November.
Four years ago I thought the political environment couldn’t get any worse. The two parties were in constant disagreement, same-party candidates were in-fighting, political opponents were at each other’s throats, the TV ads were negative, and it all started about two years before the presidential election was to take place. Sadly, it went downhill from…