Edith Velman’s Story of Survival as a Jew in Occupied Holland

Edith Velman’s Story of Survival as a Jew in Occupied Holland

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I am reading the book Edith’s Story by Edith Velmans about her experiences as Jew in Holland during World War II. During the German occupation, she adopted a new identity with forged papers and lived with a Protestant family in another town. It is a different story then that of Anne Frank and her family. The Frank family had hidden in a house of a Protestant family for two years until they were betrayed and arrested in 1944. Anne, age…

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Tony Romo & Football Blunders

Tony Romo & Football Blunders

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Yesterday, the Seattle Seahawks football team defeated the Dallas Cowboys by one point, 21 to 20, in a playoff game for the Super Bowl. The turning point in the game occurred when Dallas had the ball on the 19 yard line with 1:19 left on the game clock. A field goal would have won the game for Dallas. Given the skill and success of the Dallas kicker, this would have been an easy kick and victory was virtually assured. But,…

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Religion in America & Meet the Press

Religion in America & Meet the Press

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On December 24, 2006 Tim Russert had Jon Meacham, editor of Newsweek and Pastor Richard Warren, author of  A Purpose Driven Life on Meet the Press. It was an interesting broadcast. Two areas of discussion were significant in my view. During the interview Warren made the point that the problem with China is that they want to have the economic freedom of the West without a moral underpinning. He argued that China could not have the success of the West…

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Mr Bush & Impeachable Offenses of using Signing Statements

Mr Bush & Impeachable Offenses of using Signing Statements

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On December 20th, President Bush signed a Congressional bill dealing with postal reform, but then issued a "signing statement" in which he claimed the right of government to open anyone’s private mail without a warrant or judicial permission. A statement by a U.S. President about a bill being signed into law is not new. The first president to issue a statement about a law he was signing was James Monroe. A statement by the President about a new law has…

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Another Golden Parachute for a CEO

Another Golden Parachute for a CEO

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Another CEO has been rewarded for a bad job. We have previously chronicled America’s corporations rewarding its CEO’s with excessive pay packages and golden parachutes even when they have failed in the job they were hired for. It’s a common story of greed & corporate board irresponsibility which keeps being repeated. See posts for 12/29/06 12/19/06 12/14/06 & 12/9/06. Now Home Depot’s CEO Robert Nardelli will be paid millions for the job he did when he took over in 2000…

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New Year Resolution 2007

New Year Resolution 2007

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My New Year Resolution is expressed in the poem by Edgar A. Guest  Lord, Make a Regular Man out of me: "This I would like to be – braver and bolder, Just a bit wiser because I am older, Just a bit kinder to those I may meet, Just a bit manlier taking defeat; this for the New Year my wish and my plea- Lord, make a regular man out of me. This I would like to be – just…

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Church Leaders Hiding Behind The Victims

Church Leaders Hiding Behind The Victims

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Blaming others is a national pastime. We have all seen people use excuses to avoid taking responsibility for their actions. It’s a lot easier to hide behind a lame excuse then to own up to the truth and take our medicine like we should. Most of us have used some kind of cover up to avoid being accountable for what we have done. Blaming others for our wrong doing is so old it is in the Bible. When God ask…

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Saddam Hussein & Capital Punishment

Saddam Hussein & Capital Punishment

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Saddam Hussein was hanged today. I know the vast majority of people cheered the hanging, but I don’t agree with the state killing people for their crimes, even when it is a brutal dictator like Saddam. I know that is an unpopular view with most people and that the majority of Americans agree with capital punishment, but I believe it should be abolished and punishment of life in prison without possibility of parole substituted in its place. It is true…

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Global Warming and Justices on The U.S. Supreme Court

Global Warming and Justices on The U.S. Supreme Court

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The National Law Journal reports (12/4/06) that the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, a case involving global warming. The EPA declined to act under the Clean Air Act, claiming it had no authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions. Not only did it duck its responsibility, it said that even if had the authority to act, it wouldn’t do so because of the "uncertainty" about global warming claims. The state of Massachusetts sued to require…

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