A New Banner

I read earlier this week that the Memphis, TN city council has voted unanimously to exhume and move the bodies of General Nathan Bedford Forrest and his wife based on his involvement with the Ku Klux Klan. This comes during a time of the most media coverage I can recall the short-lived Confederacy ever enjoying in my lifetime....

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Why Did Brian Williams Lie to Us?

There's been a lot of talk this week about Brian Williams and his habitual embellishment of events. He was called out on a lie about being shot down in Iraq which led to being called out on more "misremembering" of events he was involved in. This led to public outcry, then to public mockery, and ultimately to Mr. Williams' suspension from NBC Nightly News. It is not too much for us to expect "just the facts" from a newsman. That, after all,...

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To Reflect and Resolve

As we enter 2015, I can’t help but reflect on 1915. It was the year Alexander Graham Bell made a phone call from New York to his friend Thomas Watson in San Francisco, the first phone call across the continent. It was the year Edward Stone became the first US soldier to die in WWI. It was the year McCrae published In Flander's Fields. It was the year war rose to a terrifying new level with the first use of poison gas. It was the year the...

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Under the Sun

Like many of you, I am weary of what the world has to offer....

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In It To End It

”Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” – MLK So what is with all the people with a red X on their hand? What is that all about? It is about human trafficking, which is another term for human slavery. Let's get some perspective. According to the 1860 US Census, there were roughly 30 million free Americans, and roughly 4 million slaves. Five years later in 1865, the end of the Civil War also brought the end of slavery -...

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I Am Resolved

Resolution. Webster defines the word as being “marked by firm determination”. The word dominates every New Year’s Eve. Each year we resolve to change careers. Get healthy. Make new friends. Earn more money. Be patient. Be assertive. The list goes on, and in just a few hours we will walk through the same old ritual once again....

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An Unexpected Lesson From Peyton Manning

Recently this strange picture of NFL QB Peyton Manning went viral: What exactly is he doing?  Why does he have only one ankle in a pool, and why is he wearing a helmet? The answer speaks volumes, even to those of us who only dream of playing in the NFL. For starters, Peyton Manning is the best at what he does. He is a Super Bowl winner, and without question a first ballot Hall-of-Famer.  He is an instantly recognizable “face of...

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