If the civil rights movement had really been such a success, you wouldn’t still hear about the need to continue and/or revive it after nearly 50 years. The persisting claims that racism is alive in a society that is self-evidently … Continue reading
Author Archives: D3 Support
It Takes a Village to Own a House
I have a better idea for the mortgage and banking crisis than the complex notions currently being proposed by politicians. Let’s pass a law stating the following: “Congress shall provide a house for every single American who wants one. Tax … Continue reading
What’s Good for Us Is Good For Them
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are the spokespeople for the political party which most clearly emphasizes the obligation of the individual to sacrifice himself in the service of society. They head the party of altruistic self-sacrifice for the so-called common … Continue reading
Government–As It Was Supposed to Be
It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error. — Robert Houghwout Jackson, Associate Justice of the U.S. … Continue reading
You can learn to be helpless
I received a number of responses to my article about how some aging parents can become manipulative; appearing to be more ‘helpless’ than they actually are. Everyone agreed with my point, but some of you questioned how to verbally approach … Continue reading
Possibly Ideal
Anyone who tells you that something is ideal, but impossible, has suggested that he has given up.
Give Me Your I!
“People who trust in themselves and in their own merits are, as it were, blinded by their own ‘I,’ and their hearts harden in sin.” –Pope Benedict XVI My reply: It takes an “I” to cure cancer, to engage in … Continue reading
Decisions, Emotions
An emotion is a decision after the fact. You don’t decide to have an emotion, but its very presence in your psyche is proof that some thinking has already taken place that you can either choose to embrace–or choose to … Continue reading
Getting What She Deserves
I will be truly shocked if Hillary Clinton drops out of the presidential race any time soon. I believe that she views the Presidency–much less the Democratic nomination–as her entitlement. I suspect she’s hurt and confused, because her constituency consists … Continue reading
It Takes a Choice
“Everything happens for a reason” implies that Someone Else is governing all that happens in your life. However, choice is inescapable. It takes a choice to look at something as happening for a reason. Actually, it’s not that Someone Else … Continue reading
Voluntary Mandates
I keep hearing Republicans propose the same things as Democrats for the economy–only on a “voluntary” basis. Let’s get real here. The minute a government official or presidential candidate says, “You business people better get together and serve the public … Continue reading
News Flash: Reality Is Your Friend!
I don’t believe in mystical devils and possessions. But I do believe in their real-life equivalents. People actually create their own demons. No, they don’t mean to do so–but they still do. How? Mainly by refusing to face facts in … Continue reading