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Connections to the world
Posted Tuesday, June 9, at 10:38 AM While I usually blog about local issues, sometimes I think that some of our local problems exist because some aren't in touch with what is going on in the rest of the world so they don't see how it is changing and how we need to change in order to continue to have a place in it...
Why rules? We run into so many of them everywhere. Some we follow automatically. Others we have to think about to make sure we follow and still there may be others we break as they seem so senseless. We wonder why they were ever made. Each group we belong to has rules. ...
Are we spending wisely? If you pay attention at all to what goes on outside of Clay County, you will be aware of the study results in Vigo County that advised closure of several schools due to under use of existing facilities within the corporation. Just this week, The Indianapolis Business Journal reported that Anderson Community School Corporation's school board voted to close six of its schools in order to trim 5 percent from their operating budget...
George Clooney Helps Brazil? Several days ago, I read an article by Nicholas Kristof on his travels with George Clooney to Darfur. In case you didn't know already, Mr. Clooney volunteers as an emissary for the United Nations. His celebrity status helps draw attention to issues of genocide, poverty, and refugee conditions in parts of the world that so many of us ignore. ...
A Challenge Received, Answered, and Given Today I attended a Dr Martin Luther King Jr.lecture. I try to do this each year. Remembering him and his work is almost like attending a church service, as learning what others do to help their fellow man, nourishes my faith and strengthens my resolve to try to emulate their example, no matter how feeble my efforts may be in comparison...
Stereotypes: Mentors and Misconceptions Back when we sat in the class room we learned about those who made great strides in the areas of science, the arts and humanitarianism. We only learn about a small part of the individuals however in their field of expertise or the reason they were "put on a pedestal" in science and history books. Due to that, some of us even might go as far as to say that they wished that they could emulate some of their accomplishments during their own lifetime...
Who is John Galt? Democratic? Capitalistic? Socialistic? Republic? Which are we? Which is ideal? This topic should invite debate as we all have our own ideals in mind. The first thing that trips off of our tongue is that we are a democratic society … Not true. We were actually set up as a Republic more than a democracy. But is that what we truly are? Why? Why not? Should we really be trying for one of these alone or maybe a combination of several?...
Pandora's Box? The contested mayoral race in our neighboring Terre Haute has brought to mind questions that I feel I must ask, especially if the appeals result in actually removing Mayor Duke Bennet from office permanently. From what I can figure out, his place of employment received government funds so that made him technically ineligibleto run for public office...
Observations A parking lot, especially on a campus, is a good place to find the topics we need to be thinking about asyoung people are so good at not being "politically correct." We adults get tainted over the years into accepting less than the ideal in our lives to the point where we no longer feel that continuing to strive for our ideals is worth the effort at times. ...
Just what exactly does Pro life mean? This is a hot button issue of any campaign. Of course there's the politicalmeaning, that all abortions should be illegal as it kills a human being. But is that the full extent of its true meaning? First we must determine why anyone would think a child to be an "optional" item. ...
Double'n Bayh support! It looks like the Wabash Valley is going to get a second [or officially is it the first?] Bayh to come support Barack Obama as presidential candidate. Former Senator, Birch Bayh, is traveling through the state giving voters his reasons for supporting Obama. Rumor has it that we may get to see him both in Terre Haute and right here in Brazil!...
Voting Realistically Whether on the Internet or watching television, you can't get away from the constant bombardment of campaign advertising. Pop ups of McCain and Obama when you are on Ebay or clips of Jill Long Thompson, or a mailing with Nancy Michael walking along on someone's farm or news story with Amos Thomas riding his bike? If the actual advertisements weren't enough, people send me You tube parodies and satirical newscasts that show the candidates in caricature...
Voting with all the facts Well I am dragging a bit. I am not a night owl and I am finding it difficult to stay up a second set of four nights in order to watch the Republican National Convention. Correction. I am finding it hard to get up the next morning in order to get lunches packed and kids off to school by 7 a.m. ...
I have a dream We've come a long way but not there yet. On this very date in 1963, during the civil rights march in Washington DC, young minister and civil rights activist, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. made his "I have a dream" speech. Tonight, democratic candidate for president, Barack Obama, makes his acceptance speech as the Democratic candidate for president of the United States...
A real change already. Wow. Presidential hopeful, Barack Obama, just did something quite different. While in just about a dead heat with his opponent, he did not choose a running mate as part of a plan to win a popularity contest. Even I was surprised until I read up on the history of Senator Joseph Biden...
Behind the mask Is anonymity all it's cracked up to be? Up until now I've been writing about our community and how it is only with each person's commitment that we can effect change. During all this, there were several side tracks having to do with the pros and cons of using a screen name, nom de plume, or alias. I've been asked to elaborate on why I have a problem with anonymous entries…...
Stay connected… The next step...for each one of us. This is the last in a series concerning the health of the community and obstacles we must over come in today's changing environment as it applies to us personally in Clay County. So far, this series of articles has dealt mostly with identifying the deficits in our community and how they have handicapped our progress. Now we need to think about a plan to "catch up" to where a lot of other societies stand, both in and out of the US...
Stay connected… Apathy…at multiple levels. This is the sixth in a series that discusses concerns of the health of the community and obstacles we must over come in today's changing environment as it applies to us personally in Clay County Indifference, lack of energy, laziness, selfishness, naiveté. ...
Stay connected… Updating our education plan: The quality of our teachers and how to insure it is at the top of our priority list. This is the fifth article in a series concerning the health of the community and obstacles we must over come in today's changing environment as it applies to us personally in Clay County. Good teachers, bad teachers, all corporations have some of each. No sense even discussing that fact...
Stay connected. Updating our education plan: Another snafu in the contract This is the fourth article in a series concerning the health of the community and obstacles we must over come in today's changing environment as it applies to us personally in Clay County. Just what today's student wants to hear. MORE SCHOOL. Yep, change is affecting our students most of all. ...
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