Je Suis Kenji Goto

… there are no words, can express your loss. Or the crime, committed against humanity, in your name. We bear your family’s sorrow.

When humans get treated like vermin

Today is Pearl Harbor Day. In fact, December 7 falls on the same day of the week this year – Sunday – as the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor did, in 1941. But many folks living today, might understandably wonder at the United States Victory over Japan, that hinged on a pair of equally infamous…

Lest we forget – what great leaders do

In simplest terms, a leader is one who knows where he wants to go – and gets up, and goes. – John Erskine

My response to goaloflifeadmin – or Exercise in morality 101

This post began as a response to comments left by WordPress blogger goaloflifeadmin, concerning my previous article, Deconstructing the hard edge of religion. It was getting a bit long – and I felt it touched on some things that deserve a closer look. goaloflifeadmin, I don’t know why you would automatically assume that atheists…

Deconstructing the hard edge of religion

Apparently (having never done it myself) folks who go ‘crabbing’ on various Atlantic beaches, in the moonlight, never have to worry about using lids, to keep track of the crabs being tossed into their buckets. And it’s because crabs in a bucket evince a peculiar dog in the manger attitude towards any of their…