Category: News

  • Not guilty, not surprising

    I would like to think that any reasonable person can agree that the fact that Travon Martin was fatally shot in an altercation with George Zimmerman on February 26, 2012 is truly tragic. On Saturday night, George Zimmerman was found to be not guilty. In the Trayvon Martin case, I believe that so many people…

  • Pastor doesn’t tip. Applebee’s server fired for posting receipt photo

    “I give God 10 percent. Why do you get 18” These were the words written on a receipt at a St. Louis area Applebee’s by pastor, Alois Bell. A server at the restaurant posted a picture of the receipt online and was fired after the photo went viral and the pastor complaied. Bell has expressed…

  • 20 little faces

    I think of those 20 kids. Those 20 little faces. 20 people who had all of the potential in the world. 20 innocent people, who despite all of the evil, and discontent in our society and in our world, were still at an age when they hadn’t yet been corrupted. I think of 20 kids…

  • Severe storms rock Central Ohio

    My thoughts and prayers are with my hometown of Columbus this evening. Over 100,000 people in Franklin county are left without electricity and tomorrow’s forecast calls for the continuation of sweltering heat, and the outages could last a few more days. I know some people in Columbus who are having their lives significantly affected by…

  • Wait, so we had guns going to Mexico? Fast and Furious explained

    Photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons and property of the USDAgov We keep seeing reports of this “Fast and Furious” story. What are we to make of it? Guns were being sent into Mexico. The republicans want answers. The democrats view this as a witch hunt and the republicans merely playing politics. Wait a minute.…