Archimedes said that if you gave him a large enough lever, and a proper fulcrum, he could move the world. For social change, the fulcrum resides in how we make personal choices. So when it comes to health care, what we need isn’t simply good treatment for everyone, which is now the law of the…Read More
Peter Georgescu’s book arrived on Friday, and it is EXCELLENT!!!! I’m enjoying every single sentence. I knew it was going to be a real winner when the dedication page carried one of my absolute favorite bible verses Eclesiastes 3:1 “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven…a time…Read More
Reframing America’s Debate
In American Dream
A recent study by Oxfam published this startling statistic: the wealth of the 85 richest people in the world equals the wealth of the 3.5 billion poorest. It’s a dangerous set of numbers, because when the global economy keeps widening the gap between rich and poor, societies get more and more unstable. In this post…Read More
Our Inner Prison Guard
In Communism
As a child in Romania, I watched the Communist authorities come into our house and pull my grandfather from my grandmother’s arms — taking him to a prison where he was eventually kicked to death by a guard. My brother and I, along with my grandmother were then put to work in a labor camp…Read More
Little Wagon, Big Heart
In Little Red Wagon
In 2004, when Zach Bonner was only seven years old, he wanted to help the victims of Hurricane Charley where he lived, near Tampa Bay, Florida. He pulled his red wagon around his neighborhood, asking for donations of supplies, food, clothing, water, tarps any kind of household good that might bring comfort to someone whose…Read More
