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Here’s a quote from the next page of Sin and Society. As society grows complex, it can be harmed in more ways. Those who rack and rend this social order do worse

A friend sent me this quote from the book Sin and Society by Edward Alsworth Ross, published in 1907 (with forward by Theodore Roosevelt!). (Ross was in Madison, Wisconson,

We have to keep asking this question: Where DOES the White House stand on “cruel and inhumane” treatment of prisoners? Why DOES the White House try to protect

[Here's part of a recent comment, dealing with American economic oppression around the world and the Biblical implications of that.] “One thing that some of us who are concerned about

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure. My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the

This is from yesterday’s mini-rant by Ed Howard in the email I get daily from Nebraska’s StatePaper.com: Low taxes aren’t everything when it comes to attracting good employers and good

I wrote a while back that there is no justification for the use of torture except the human desire to do evil – the wicked human longing to do gratuitous

Here’s Nebraska’s Democratic Senator Ben Nelson on how Democrats are defined: “Democrats too often allow Republicans to define them.” “People in Nebraska know I don’t want to ban the Bible and I don’t want

To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a

“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.” Harry S Truman

Is political power more important than your country? Is political power more important than your faith? I hope not. I was thinking a few days ago about the

Here’s Howard Dean speaking the other day in Utah: “I’m tired of Republicans telling us we’re pro-abortion. I served on the board of Planned Parenthood for five years. I don’t know

Here’s some of the dialog from Dilbert, from Sunday’s Omaha World Herald. Dilbert is questioning his boss about a project budget forecast: - Do leaders make deceptive forecasts and later

Thanks for your comments on my running for State Legislature. All the input was intelligent, thoughtful, and valuable. I’m still very much into the process – an

[I started this six months ago, on the occasion of my Dad’s passing.] My Dad moved on to a higher Reality, either last Friday when brain activity stopped, or Monday morning

Vent. Cogitate. Ruminate. Pontificate. Reiterate. Etc.

A funny thing happened on the way to Omaha and back. We went to one of those Grassroots Solutions training camps (Camp Connealy, named for a State Senator and

I’m going to disappear for a few days. The college I teach and train at is promoting a pilot-project Youth Potential camp and I’m one of the counsellor /

I was reading an analysis about the political risks to George Bush based on his choice to replace Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court: Bush Faces Political Risks with

These are remarks made in 1999 by George Bush, the father of our current President, speaking at the CIA. I have added emphasis to parts of this. Some people think,

This is from Tim Grieve in Salon Friday: “The concept of impeachment is slowly sinking in for a substantial portion of the American people. It’s not a majority, but 42 percent

[This recent comment speaks for itself.] My son is one of those kids deployed in Afghanistan. In his letters he tells me of the futility of the effort and of the