View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Hope is in the eye of the beholder . An old adage. Probably found in countless civilizations over thousands of years predating our existe...

View From Here: The State of Ideologies

View From Here: The State of Ideologies: I have written before that I think the ‘script’ of America has changed. I say that because I sense shifts in ideologies, popularity shif...

View From Here: A Note for My Friday Night Teen Group

View From Here: A Note for My Friday Night Teen Group: Last week you discussed the big issues of life – its brevity, reason for being, who made the world, God? Then who made God?  I had lots o...

View From Here: Heartfelt Letter to the Editor

View From Here: Heartfelt Letter to the Editor: Rocky found this on the internet on Memorial Day morning. He shared it with me. I read it. I was changed by it. And so I share it with yo...

View From Here: Tuk Tuk

View From Here: Tuk Tuk: I came across an internet news item the other day. It might affect urban transportation trends. Might, I said. Well, Tuk-Tuks are sma...

View From Here: Tuk Tuk

View From Here: Tuk Tuk: I came across an internet news item the other day. It might affect urban transportation trends. Might, I said. Well, Tuk-Tuks are sma...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day:     An act of faith is planting flowers before Memorial Day. It could still freeze, don’t you know? Well, I’m planting anyway. Hope you...

View From Here: Memorial Day Weekend

View From Here: Memorial Day Weekend: Get the white shoes ready! We can wear them this weekend and all throughout summer until Labor Day. At least that’s what my memory dictat...

View From Here: Bits and Pieces, Again!

View From Here: Bits and Pieces, Again!: What is Alibaba? Or who? Well it is both. Alibaba is a Chinese company that performs retail/commercial activity similar to Amazon in ...

View From Here: Possibility

View From Here: Possibility: There are days and then there are days. Although each has possibility, not all are fruitful. Possibility? What is that, you ask? Well, le...

View From Here: 20 Million Left Behind

View From Here: 20 Million Left Behind:   Howard R. Gold claims the U.S. economy has left behind 20 million Americans. In a recent article published in MarketWatch , he thought...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: It Takes a Village . That phrase is used often in public discourse. It refers to the cooperative, even collaborative actions of a communi...

View From Here: The Rights of BP?

View From Here: The Rights of BP?: I’m still upset with British Petroleum. They have global operations in oil discovery, recovery, refining and distribution. They have oper...

View From Here: Trusting Government

View From Here: Trusting Government: Well, this is one hell of a topic to tackle. Think about it – we trust our very lives to police and fire personnel everyday. We don’t eve...

View From Here: More Bits and Pieces

View From Here: More Bits and Pieces: There are a lot of news stories bouncing around that just beg some reaction from me. I can’t help it. Really!  I tried. But no; I am utte...

View From Here: Roles of Government

View From Here: Roles of Government: I attended a business meeting the other day and was early to beat traffic. Had a surprising discussion with a colleague I hadn't expe...

View From Here: Racism in 2015

View From Here: Racism in 2015: Yes, I think we still have a problem. Much of the anti-Obama political noise seems rooted in racism, that is white people looking down th...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Preferred Listening Think about the topics that bother you. How often do you encounter these topics during the normal day? And by w...

View From Here: Conveniences

View From Here: Conveniences: When we were last shopping for a home – we’d lost our house to foreclosure and ultimately bankruptcy – we viewed many apartments. Attempt...

View From Here: Changing Scripts

View From Here: Changing Scripts: Governance is a tricky business. It is encountered at every turn in social life. Our churches are governed at various levels. Most are na...

View From Here: Flagellum (?)

View From Here: Flagellum (?): It was 3 am. Rocky had just made another nightly visit to the bathroom. Overactive bladder in a 70 year old diabetic is not unusual. Bein...

View From Here: Filling Holes

View From Here: Filling Holes: Youth Friday. Last night. A breakthrough. Recall the Friday night gatherings are with teens (13 to 17) who are abusers of alcohol and...

View From Here: Police Matters

View From Here: Police Matters: A lot of news about police, communities and the relationships between both. Throughout the nation. Both here and abroad. The topics are u...

View From Here: Thought for the Day

View From Here: Thought for the Day: Perseverance Nothing gets accomplished without some effort. And attention to some details. Don’t allow the mountain of work ahead of ...

View From Here: Thoughts on Being Gay

View From Here: Thoughts on Being Gay: I hope I don’t bore you with this today, but gay is a subject that is with me 100% of the time. I don’t think about it that much, but I a...