Monthly Archives: March 2017
The “Freedom Caucus” proposes removing maternity care from required health services in federal health care plans. It is their worst idea yet. Lately, the Freedom Caucus champions a freedom that means freedom for them, and for the rest of us means nothing left to lose. Worst of all, their version of perfect is detrimental to the community good. – The Freedom Caucus is virulently against a large federal government. As far as I can tell, they are against health care…..
“This moment immense with a stillness that makes you listen and want to be listening, and want to be listening.” The Monks of Weston Priory in Listen – Before Rod Dreher, Esther de Waal proposed and explained how the Rule of St. Benedict was a wonderful tool for lives lived outside a monastery. She explained how St. Benedict created a bubble of the Christianity as it existed just as the power of politics began to corrupt it and preserved it for…..
After the Arab spring, it was visible to us all that just protesting and then having elections did not a democracy make. It also takes shared respect for our word of commitment and our institutions. When a population does not individually and collectively disapprove of deceit at a gut level, one gets corruption of rules, not compliance. The more honesty is disrespected as a code of honor, individually enforced, the more it costs to chase corruption of the rules. –…..
Especially the strongest girls will face each of these in some form. One: Jealousy Even before puberty it was clear the boys got the best camping opportunities, and the best sports training. Their persons carried a credibility before they opened their mouths that didn’t come with being a girl, even for the smartest, strongest girls. Boy Scouts were a primary target of jealousy for us girls, even after we’d found Girl Scout leaders who’d take us camping. We camped in…..