View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Suffering for Others This is Holy Week for Christians. It is the time the Bible tells us Jesus entered Jerusalem , met with his discip...

View From Here: Local Political Issues - Part One

View From Here: Local Political Issues - Part One: I guess some people don’t trust others to do the public’s work without their direct input. Why else would they complain about just about e...

View From Here: Changing Seasons

View From Here: Changing Seasons: It is spring. Not winter. I know this is true. It may be near the end of March, but I sense the shift taking place. Yes it is still fr...

The Golden Girls on Marriage Equality

View From Here: Living in 3 Dimensions

View From Here: Living in 3 Dimensions: The moments appear without warning. A smell or taste. A view spotted for just a bit. Music that juts into consciousness for a few seconds....

View From Here: Dealing with Flaws

View From Here: Dealing with Flaws: We are all imperfect. We’d like to think otherwise but when we’re honest we realize the truth. I have flaws. We are faulty human beings. I...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Renewal Each day is new and fresh as we awake. It is naturally so! Yet we greet each day with who and what we are of the moment. Will ...

View From Here: Ego and Elections

View From Here: Ego and Elections: I dreaded Tuesday evening. Candidates’ Night at City Hall sponsored by the Kiwanis. Great group of people helping voters meet and greet ne...

American Academy of Pediatrics Supports Same Gender Civil Marriage (from AAP.org)

American Academy of Pediatrics Supports Same Gender Civil Marriage (from AAP.org)

View From Here: Defining Failure

View From Here: Defining Failure: The argument could go in many directions. Only two count.  Either a person is a success or a failure. There may be middle ground that coun...

View From Here: Nation Building

View From Here: Nation Building: After 9/11 – the defining moment of national terrorism in American terms – public discussion came to consider nation building. There were ...

View From Here: Broken Homes

View From Here: Broken Homes: We should hold a national discussion on the state of homes in America . Not the broken homes of failed marriages or homes falling apart wi...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Saturday already! Time for another ‘thought for the day’. Here it is: Being vulnerable. It’s OK to be vulnerable, in fact I think i...

View From Here: Getting Informed

View From Here: Getting Informed: Have you heard of TED? It is a national program of short televised speeches and conversations held regularly. The program’s purpose is sim...

View From Here: Stuck in Traffic

View From Here: Stuck in Traffic: Had an early morning dog grooming appointment. 8 am to be exact. Set off for a 3 mile trip. Encountered backed up traffic. That turned int...

View From Here: Local Elections

View From Here: Local Elections: As I think about local elections I remind myself that this is all about local people caring enough about their community to get involved a...

View From Here: Running for Office

View From Here: Running for Office: Actually I’m running for re-election to the Board of Commissioners, Warrenville Park District. I was appointed to serve the remaining year...

View From Here: Running for Office

View From Here: Running for Office: Actually I’m running for re-election to the Board of Commissioners, Warrenville Park District. I was appointed to serve the remaining year...

View From Here: The Devil you Say!

View From Here: The Devil you Say!: The West Wing television series was 156 episodes back in the early 2000’s. It ran for seven seasons. We are viewing reruns of the entire ...

View From Here: Things Aren't Always What They Seem

View From Here: Things Aren't Always What They Seem: After the recent snow storm – I find it a little weird thinking of this storm as a storm! – the winter wonderland provided some beautiful ...

View From Here: Foundations

View From Here: Foundations: Depression visits periodically. It counterpoints optimism. Spirituality is a blessing easing the heavy moods of life. Using one ag...

View From Here: Commentary as History

View From Here: Commentary as History: Logic directs the flow of words easily. As long as facts are remembered correctly the story unfolds as it happened. Spontaneously. When th...

View From Here: Lenten thinking...

View From Here: Lenten thinking...: What did you give up for Lent? Anything? This was a common question back in my youth – the 50’s and 60’s, don’t you know? But in our h...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: It’s Saturday. The weekend. Time to pause and lean back a bit. Get some errands done. Catch up on a little reading. Maybe sneak a nap. ...

View From Here: Door A or Door B?

View From Here: Door A or Door B?: Behind Door A we have the Economy. Behind Door B resides ideological divide: big or small government. Between those two doors is a world o...