‘Current Affairs’ Archives
Can You Pledge to be Compassionate?
According to a "Mail Online" article of March 6, 2010, an 11 year old boy died of dehydration in a South London hospital due to neglect by hospital staff. The article states that, at one point, the boy was "so desperate for a drink that he rang police to beg for their help." When the police responded, they were told the boy was [...]
A News “Flash” – Literally
According to a July 2, 2009 Reuters news release, an airline has made a recording of its passenger safety briefing by filming a pilot and cabin crew who are wearing only body paint on their otherwise nude bodies. Call me a fuddy-duddy, call me a Doubting Thomas, call me a cab, but I'm not sure it will work, at least not to achieve the ends [...]
Just a Thought: Greed and the American Dream
What, exactly, is greed? We hear a lot about it these days and I am convinced that, in some ways, we are looking at it the wrong way 'round. We now assume that people who have money, or who own businesses, are just naturally greedy, particularly if they have "made it." But, wait. Wasn't that the American dream? Wasn't "making it" the [...]
The Push-Pull of Teaching Faith
A distraught mother called me one day to ask for advice regarding her teenage daughter. She said the girl was rebelling, mostly over the church they attended, and added, “We can’t get her to come around to our way of thinking, and last week she even ran away for two days.” In trying to explain the family dynamics, she [...]
