I read with interest Kathryn Long's Sunday Oct. 18 letter to the editor titled "Parent's Rights." While I can understand Long's concern, I do not agree with her conclusions because I view this problem from the following different perspective. ...more

October 23, 2009

Not too long ago, Japanese scientists made an in-depth research about global warming. ...more

June 16, 2009

When a man and woman enter into marriage, it is a legal contract that is supposed to last until "death do us part." However, if the man becomes abusive, then people are all for divorce (breaking the contract), and rightly so. ...more

April 26, 2009

Last week, leaving a restaurant near the mall, my wife and I glanced up to witness a wondrous sight. It was the space shuttle Discovery, clearly visible. Its brilliant tail made a vivid slash across the eastern sky. ...more

March 25, 2009

In reference to Edgar R. Cronin, Mr. Hoyt and Melody Griffins' letters and others with like opinions, I'm sorry not to have responded in a timely manner, but here is my response. I'd like to give you statistics concerning the possible 45 million more human beings who might have been born and are a burden to today's society in the United States, with the economic, medical, social and life situations that cannot even properly take care of those who live here today within our world. ...more

March 17, 2009

In response to Edgar R. Cronin's worry over The Freedom of Choice Act: First, I find it offensive that on more occasions than not, it is a man who is against a woman's right to choice. I would suggest to Edgar and men like him that his message of life be better fought against humans (mostly men) already alive who fight wars and kill if he wants to save life and families. ...more

February 21, 2009

As I write today, I am in tears! ...more

December 18, 2008

There is an old Russian fable, with different versions in other countries, about two poor peasants, Ivan and Boris. The only difference between them was that Boris had a goat and Ivan didn't. One day, Ivan came upon a strange-looking lamp and, when he rubbed it, a genie appeared. She told him that she could grant him just one wish, but it could be anything in the world. ...more

November 28, 2008

Some call her approach too idealistic and unrealistic. But Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Episcopal Church's first female presiding bishop, remains firm in her belief that "all are welcome at the table" of her denomination, an opinion not all Anglicans share. ...more

November 5, 2008

Symbol Of Repression I am angry. Every morning during my commute to work, a giant Confederate flag greets me like a slap in the face at the junction of Interstates 4 and 75. This virulent symbol is a constant remainder of the South's failed attempt to defend the unconscionable practice of slavery. ...more

September 13, 2008