An Associated Press article said today that a hospital in the Netherlands has recently proposed guidelines for mercy killings of terminally ill newborns (and other babies with serious physical maladies). What’s more, this hospital has already begun to carry out … Continue reading →
I interviewed Chicago’s Carmen Kinglsey today. She was a member of Mennonite Volunteer Service in Chicago, and worked with the organization “Play for Peace.” She explained Chicago is quite segregated, white sections, black sections, hispanic sections… Play for Peace would … Continue reading →
It’s three weeks past the Election and our neighbor still has his Kerry/Edwards sign up. It stands as a lone sentinel in the town. Seeing him out in the yard the other day, I joked: “Still waiting for the provisional … Continue reading →
During Campaign 2004, I gave a talk to a sociology class at Bluffton College about part of my plan for: Jobs in America. I said I believed we needed to be looking at this issue through a “different lens.” And … Continue reading →
Our daughter Sarah, 9, just got done reading a book on the Trail of Tears. President Andrew Jackson pushed an Indian Removal Bill through Congress, which ultimately set in motion a gruesome, 1,000 mile march west from Georgia to Oklahoma … Continue reading →
I went to a talk today at Bluffton University by Arick Asherman, who is the executive director of Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR). The group was founded in 1988, in response to serious abuse of human rights by Israeli military … Continue reading →
The kids and I regularly go to Bluffton’s Senior Center to read the magazine: The Good Old Days. Yesterday we were reading a story about a Cincinnatian’s reminiscence of the old Rte 49 Fairmont-Downtown Zoo trolley. It ran on tracks … Continue reading →
A tinder box is growing among Arabs, and others, in the Middle East. According to a recent Time Magazine article (9/13/04), “hosilities toward the West, in particular the U.S., appears to be on the rise.” The factors, according to the … Continue reading →
Veteran’s Day: The Toledo Blade ran a story today explaining that Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among veterans is not getting the attention it needs. And as a result, veterans are falling through the mental health cracks. Like “Paul” (not his real … Continue reading →
Yesterday an extensive report was released saying that more than 40 scientific studies all show global warming is having a widespread effect — from dramatic polar ice-cap melting, to all kinds of animal species’ habitats being changed, to… Now, we … Continue reading →