Your kids’ favorite method of “virtue signaling” might be an eye roll or an exaggerated sigh when you say something. It’s a visible message from the listener: “You should be embarrassed or ashamed that those words ever came out of your mouth. Now everyone will know how dumb you really are.” or “Get over yourself. You’ve told… Read More
Stuff it.
What is the American Dream to you? For many of us, it’s about getting stuff or being stuff. Heard this on Sunday about America, it’s current two-party system, and the presidential race. One party’s rhetoric: “If you have stuff, vote for me, and you’ll get to keep your stuff.” The other party says it this… Read More
Stop the manipulation. Give us information.
Treat us—your public—as if we have brains, because we do. Politicians, pollsters, and news media—LISTEN CAREFULLY! Do you really believe that we are too apathetic or ignorant to tell the difference between rhetoric and empty promises and substantive platforms backed by knowledge and ingenuity? Sunday I spent over 10 minutes on the phone answering political survey questions.… Read More
Want to see God?
Remember when Moses had spent time speaking privately with God, his face shone with God’s light? Gradually it would fade away. If we make God the center of our lives, that should shine from our faces as well, and we need to visit with him every day to renew that light. His love and mercy… Read More
Is it time to renovate our party system?
I got so frustrated with political agendas, ads, and my inability to separate fact from fiction, that for many years I just stepped away. Somehow it doesn’t seem right for me to avoid it any longer. An interview with author Mickey Edwards caught my attention this week and really started the wheels spinning. Do the… Read More
Does faith affect how I serve in public office?
I don’t know whether to laugh, cry, or snort with disgust. Mitt Romney is a Mormon. Kennedy was a Catholic. The press—and let’s be honest, all of us—are having a field day discussing whether or not his faith will have any bearing on his views and actions if he becomes president of the United States.… Read More
Open mouth; insert foot.
“Ich bin ein Berliner.” President John F. Kennedy gave an historic speech on June 26, 1963, to a crowd in front of the Berlin Wall. Two years earlier the Soviet Union had built this wall to keep people from fleeing to non-Communist countries, mainly West Berlin, and Kennedy was praising the character of the people… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 