Out of the Abundance of the Heart

Friday, April 1, 2011 Building People of Substance for Works of Power Praying friendship for you, me and tobie. April 1st was a Monday in 1991. I remember because 20 years ago today my good friend, Larry Dunning died in a car crash a few miles from our home in upstate New York. Larry was … Continue reading Out of the Abundance of the Heart

Authority

Just doing a little research and found this definition that really blessed me: “Delegation of authority is the action by which a commander assigns part of his or her authority commensurate with the assigned task to a subordinate commander. While ultimate responsibility cannot be relinquished, delegation of authority carries with it the imposition of a … Continue reading Authority

Evil Exists

Watching the news and thinking about the reality of evil.  It is hard to ignore.  Evil exists.  Not just natural disaster, but genuine malevolence without compassion or conscience.  Even the loony social liberals who attempt to attribute so much to problems of nurture and socialization have trouble explaining some of the grossest atrocities.  It is … Continue reading Evil Exists

Can We Wait on the Nuclear Debate?

Just a quick pet peeve: The tube is full of pundits in suits discussing whether we should all stop using nuclear energy.  Heads of state are shutting down power plants.  This is all in reesonse to the tragedy playing out in Japan.  They have experienced a catastrophe of monstrous proportions, and some of their nuclear … Continue reading Can We Wait on the Nuclear Debate?

Public Employee Unions – a Very Bad Idea

Speaking as a former public (government) employee, I have always had an aversion to collective bargaining in that arena. The whole concept of unionization was designed to protect employees in the private sector from the abuses that could and did result from the erratic behavior of the market, and the manipulative behavior of corporate leaders. The … Continue reading Public Employee Unions – a Very Bad Idea