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Scary thoughts

Listening to WAMU : The Diane Rehm Show this morning, Kevin Phillips, the fellow who wrote American Dynasty the recent book about the Bushs, reminded me of how Daddy Bush stole the election from Carter by negotiating the October surprise with the Iranians, getting them to not release US hostages until he and Reagan were […]


Why I oppose the war

Let me explain some of the reasons I am opposed to the Bush administration and the Iraq war. For one thing, during high school I had congressional appointments to the Air Force and Coast Guard academies and an NROTC scholarship. The Air Force turned me down because I couldn’t broad jump far enough and the […]


Learning to live with differences

I can’t believe how busy I’ve been lately. I haven’t blogged for three days. As an independent, solo entrepreneur/minister, I have many roles to fulfill and anything that has to be done, I’m usually the one to do it. While I love to write, it seems many other things are demanding my time right now […]


It’s a shame

It’s a shame I have to drive to Lansing early tomorrow morning to participate in a press conference and lobby my legislators. It’s a shame Republican legislators are set on imposing their conservative Christian values on all residents of Michigan. It’s a shame they have such a narrow definition of family values that it excludes […]


Michael Moore Speaks

Here’s an article covering Moore’s appearance last night. Hundreds listen to Moore politics Too bad they had to include the negative attacks of Michigan GOP chairwoman Betsy DeVos who is a real elitist. So much for fair and balanced.


Don’t give up the fight

It is important to maintain a positive attitude, see the good in all things, be non-judgmental of our neighbors, etc. Yet in these times that we live in, it is essential to maintain our God given intelligence and clearly discriminate between good and evil. Then we must actively oppose evil. Last night my wife and […]


A counter-culture weekend

I was glad to read this favorable review by John Douglas, who doesn’t easily give good reviews, of Bob Dylan’s movie “Masked and Anonymous” which is playing at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids, MI. Dylan’s creation is a worthy trip. I have been eagerly awaiting this film since reading about it […]


The worst of times

You know, I’m just so disgusted it’s incredible. I must admit, I’m a news junkie, and I listen to a lot of NPR, watch the “Newshour” and also some network news. I also find much in the way of news that I don’t get anywhere else on another blog Suburban Guerrilla. Yet I can hardly […]


Help wanted

In addition to the book I mentioned in yesterday’s blog, I have been working on another book for many years. It is autobiographical and deals with my spiritual journey from beatnik to hippie to Hindu to New Age to Christian to post-Christian. It spans the world and is the archetypical boomer quest. I have over […]


Watch your karma

What determines whether we wind up in heaven or hell or somewhere in between? It is called karma or the law of cause and effect. We create our own destiny. Everything we have done in this life has brought us to where we are right now. Everything we do in this life will carry us […]