I never want any more than I need. And I swear to God this makes me feel like an outcast in America.
One day in the near future, President Donald Trump will have an encounter with his maker. Only it won’t be like he expects.
I’m a white man. A well-educated professional. I am wealthy and have a modicum of power. I’m not a racist. I believe in the ideals of conservatism, but not with the radical form of it currently in Washington. However, I was raised to oppose democrats and am too proud to align with them. No, I don’t like a lot of what’s happening in Washington. I’m not a racist. I don’t hate women. I don’t hate immigrants. Hell, I need those…
What Is America’s Brand? When I was a kid, the Vietnam war was winding down and we were all celebrating our nation’s bicentennial. Rocky had just come out and Star Wars was on deck. It was a good time to be an American. Of course the Iran hostage crisis hit, oil prices skyrocketed, and gasoline was scarce. But then Reagan came in with his “shining city upon a hill” vision, a strong arm against Russia, and sweeping economic ideals that…
This summer I was part of a mission trip that traveled to Honduras for a week. The idea was for us to serve God while spreading love to people who didn’t look like us, live like us, talk like us, eat like us, or act like us. Because of these differences, I was nervous in the days leading up to the trip. Plus, the idea of traveling to a different country without my family and with no connection to the…
I became a Literature major when the college I transferred to didn’t offer Writing. The thing I liked best about studying lit was deconstructionism. Discovering the reasons why writers wrote what they did, what events influenced their content, and how they integrated strong symbolism into their works. I then took the idea of deconstructionism to other art forms. From painting, to film, to music. When I was a young man I listened to too much heavy metal. My hearing loss…
