Now before you jump to the next paragraph, let me make something clear. I love to drive, and I love to drive fast. Put me on Montana’s stretch of Interstate 90, with a speed limit of 75 miles per hour, and I take off. I would hit 85 mph repeatedly if I didn’t set my […]
Now here’s a question, especially for young adults. Does character count at Halloween, or is this a time of year when anything goes in the name of “fun” and celebration? It’s only a few days until that All Saints evening that has been taken over by devils instead of saints, and it set me to […]
There are those who want us to believe that there is no such thing as character. There are varying situations, they say, but no such thing as stable character. I was reading about one such person a day or so ago. I haven’t read his work yet, but the very premise of that work is […]
It’s flu season. To be more specific, it’s influenza season. Influenza is, according to “Merriam Webster Online Dictionary”: “an acute highly contagious disease caused by any of several single-stranded RNA viruses and characterized by sudden onset, fever, prostration, severe aches and pains, and progressive inflammation of the respiratory mucous membrane.”
So you might get a case […]
I have followed some of the earthquake relief effort in the Pakistan, India, and Kashmir region. There is a great deal of compassion being shown by the leaders of those countries. As one Associated Press report noted: “India said it would allow Pakistanis across the cease-fire line in the disputed territory of Kashmir to receive […]
This week is Red Ribbon Campaign Week – a time for schools and communities to take a stand against drug use. It is also a time to remember Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, a drug enforcement officer who was murdered in Mexico City twenty years ago by the drug traffickers he sought to stop.
Kiki grew up […]
Did your children treat you with respect every day of this past week? Did they speak to you in respectful voices? Did they listen attentively when you spoke to them? Did they respect your wishes, and comply readily with them? Just think about it a moment.
Did you show respect to your spouse every day of […]
Can you imagine what a wonderful week this would have been for the United States if all of us – close to 300,000,000 – had tried to exercise character? Imagine what it would have been like if every politician had exercised character this week. Wouldn’t that be amazing!?
I’m reminded of the kitten’s words in Christopher […]
Yesterday, I commented on the fact that National Character Counts Week is so little observed around our nation. If character is important to our society, why do the media ignore it during this week? I decided to do a Google news search on what had been posted this week, just to be sure I was […]
Here’s a question. If character is important to our society, our schools are required to teach it, and our president annually proclaims the third week in October as National Character Counts Week, why are we hearing little or nothing about it from the media?
On October 14 of this year, President George W. Bush signed a […]