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What is Truth? A Reader’s Challenge
A reader named Charlie wrote with his thoughts about my last post, “The Age of Slumber:” Good post. I’ve been reading an even more eloquent version of the same ideas from Timothy Keller called Reason for God.
Boy Scout Brouhaha Revisited
A sharp-eyed reader took issue with “Boy Scout Brouhaha.” It seems Skids Grofsky’s brother, Scraps, had plenty to say about the issue and put it all down in an e-mail to the Muse. Some of what was said sheds some … Continue reading
Posted in PC Awards
Tagged Boy Scouts, culture, discrimination, exclude, exclusion, gay, hiring practices, homophobe, homophobia, homosexual, homosexuality, lesbian, organization, policies, political correctness, politics, private, rights, ruling, sexual orientation, Supreme Court, tradition
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Land of the Morning Calm
Peter joined the U.S. Army in 1981. He had studied Taekwondo extensively for years, so when the time came to discuss his deployment, he asked to be stationed in Korea where the discipline of Taekwondo had been developed during the … Continue reading
Posted in Friendship, Giving, Kindness
Tagged benevolence, cold, culture, exhausted, famished, friendship, giving, hardship, hostility, hungry, kindness, love, mercy, misconceptions, prejudice, racism, soldiers, tired, war, wet
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Civil Unions: A Reasonable Compromise
I realize the White House has always enjoyed the added leverage of its “Bully Pulpit,” but until this morning, no U.S. president has ever had the chutzpah to lecture the US Supreme Court on its duty. In a press statement … Continue reading
Boy Scout Brouhaha
I had my old pal Skids Grofsky over for coffee today. I hadn’t seen him in quite a while, and I thought time and a recent vacation in the Bahamas might have helped him relax a little bit. I was … Continue reading
Posted in PC Awards
Tagged Boy Scouts, culture, discrimination, exclude, exclusion, gay, hiring practices, homophobe, homophobia, homosexual, homosexuality, lesbian, organization, policies, political correctness, politics, private, rights, ruling, sexual orientation, Supreme Court, tradition
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The Tower of Babel
A stranger on the other side of the world taught me that the Tower of Babel was a blessing. Let me explain. I was tooling around Facebook late last night when a lady I’ve never met accepted my friend request. … Continue reading
Posted in Friendship, Tower of Babel
Tagged beauty, communicate, culture, feeling, feelings, friend, friends, friendship, gentleness, honesty, humanity, kindness, language, read, speak, talk, Tower of Babel, warmth, write
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Jimmy Bell
It turns out the subject of Adventure House is a storehouse of great old memories. At the risk of uttering a cliche, it was a simpler time, not only because it was 1983, but because I was 15. Life is … Continue reading
Posted in Honor
Tagged culture, honor, nobility, reputation, respect, righteousness, truthfulness
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