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  • The Greatest

    Last night I couldn’t sleep and ended up reading the book whole of Book Matthew. With all the talk of presidents and popes, it was time for a little bit of faith-checking.  Matthew is only 28 short chapters long. Reading it in one go shifted my perspective. There’s not very much of the Christmas story—just…

  • Letter to The Men

    To my brothers, uncles, cousins, nephews, former bosses, colleagues, former students of voting age and friends, Please, please cast vote for Kamala Harris this week at the polls. I know it’s unusual for me to draw a such strong line in the sand, but I feel like this election requires it. In 2016, I assumed…

  • Approval Rating

    Now is the time when we hear of politicians and their approval rating by the population. These numbers are gained by doing surveys. Someone running for office needs at least half of the voting populace to approve of them during the first week of November.  But how do the rest of us stack up, and…

  • The Right to Be Wrong

    I just watched the series Transatlantic, another Netflix World War II miniseries set in occupied France. The story is about how some Americans saved artists, writers and thinkers of the 20th century from the Nazi invasion of Europe. Unlike The Light, We Cannot See, this is based on real people in history. It was surprising…

  • Independence Day

    It’s the time of the year when I see lots of patriotic posts, challenging people to show the flag and “Stand up for freedom and America.” I do celebrate Independence Day because as a movement it acknowledged human equality and unalienable rights. It’s also important to understand that the founding fathers’ first push for freedom…