The rhetoric on cable news has become deafening. I am reminded of Rodney King's words a few years ago: "Can't we all just get along?" As I've said in other posts, I am not intending for this site to be political. We all get enough of that every time we turn our televisions or radios on. But I do feel an obligation to respond to the rhetoric with some words of sanity. Much of my life as a writer and speaker has been devoted to "spreading a message of peace." I am only one voice, for sure, but I firmly believe that a lone voice is a beginning. In fact,[...]
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7 I don't know if you favor the health care reform bill or not. That's none of my business and this blog is not intended to be political. However, whatever side of this particular issue, or any issue any of us happen to favor, our thoughts can and should be expressed in terms that are not hateful toward one group of citizens or another. What we all saw on cable news over the week end, the mean-spirited placards at the rallies, the spitting on an individual congressman, the extremely vile name calling, are all examples of behavior that's shameful. A democracy al[...]
