A terrorist approaches the airport security gate ahead of you. He knows where the security guards are standing, but he doesn’t look at them. He averts his gaze, keeping his head down, looking away as he gets closer.
According to Thomas Frank, writing in Tuesday, December 27’s issue of “The USA TODAY,” that is the way […]
It is truly amazing to listen to the daily news and realize how often danger, disaster, and death are the result of someone’s failure to exercise character.
In drought-stricken areas of Texas and Oklahoma, wild fires are thought to have been started, in part, by people ignoring fire bans and burning trash. Had every citizen exercised […]
An Internet site is encouraging people to send in their holiday wishes for the United States. The wishes run the gamut, from the single word “peace” to lengthily-worded desires for lower taxes, better oil production, and troop support.
I started to prepare my wish to add to the list, and realized that I have a lot […]
I just turned on the television to hear the news. Our TV was set to a game show channel, and a commercial for a “special” new program greeted me. This “special” program, to premiere in the new year, gathers an assortment of people who would “do anything to win” in the game of their choice […]
December 26 – Boxing Day in some countries. In most countries, it’s time to reflect on the old year, and to think about things we want to change in 2006. It’s time to resolve that we will change in 2006.
What will we change? Ten of the most common resolutions are: to spend more time with […]
We hear a lot these days about faith. The term “faith-based program” usually refers to a program instituted by a religious group.
Faith, however, is a trait of character, and every man or woman of strong character exercises faith: he or she acts on something unseen. He or she holds a firm belief in something […]
The current strike in New York City by the 33,000-member Transport Workers Union is illegal. A New York State law bars public employees from walking out. Period. Full stop. It does not say they may walk out if…. The law says that bus drivers, subway workers, etc. are absolutely forbidden to walk off their jobs […]
The news is filled these days with arguments about law enforcement. The president is called on the carpet for a type of spying that, according to his enemies, is illegal; according to his supporters, is clearly legal. Meanwhile, aliens pour across our borders unimpeded, claiming jobs illegally, claiming services illegally, and generally snubbing our law. […]
Reading my e-mail the other day, I came across a newsletter with an interesting article on holiday manners. It was not expressed in the usual character education terminology many of you use, but I believed it had value as we approach Christmas and Chanukah. I asked the author’s permission to quote her article in this […]
Although we have no grandchildren, my husband and I are old enough to be grandparents, and to know how important it is to choose good gifts for grandchildren. Gifts received from Grandfather and Grandmother often hold a special place in a child’s heart. They bring two generations together, and convey a message from the older […]