….Makes You Wonder

In case you haven’t been keeping up, Texas State Troopers and DFPS raided a compound in Eldorado earlier this month upon the threat of child sexual abuse.  The Compound, known by those who live there as the YFZ or Yearning for Zion Ranch, belongs to a group identifying themselves as Fundamentalist Latter-Day Saints, or FLDS.
The [...]

I am The Man

I’m not bragging; it is a bitter pill to swallow.  I am, nevertheless, The Man.
Mid 40’s, white, college educated, American male-that’s exactly who I am.
This is a discomforting realization for a guy who always saw himself as counter-culture, anti-establishment.
How can it be that “Fight the Power” and “Stick it to the Man!” are some of [...]

No; Really?

Check this out:  CBS reports that  “All their lives, the girls in the polygamist sect in the West Texas desert were told that the outside world was hostile and immoral….” (emphasis added)
Have we, the “outside world,” proven them wrong?  Is this a self-fulfilling prophecy?  I don’t think they’ve been treated with hostility as compared to, [...]

Wish I Could Disagree

This was in a letter to the editor in yesterday’s Waco Tribune-Herald by Shelby Lynn Muhl:I’m acquainted with many self-described Christians, including a number of fatuous “born-agains.” Only one actually tries to follow the instructions of Jesus and avoids judging others.
I have to think the ratio is higher than Ms. Muhl alleges, I have [...]

Bagged!

Rachel gave me, and 6 or 7 other people, Chico Bags for Christmas.  Here’s what the tag on the bag says:
ChicoBags can save the average American 300 to 700 plastic shopping bags per year, which will save 3 to 7 gallons of crude oil.  A population of 100,000 people can save up to 14,000 barrels [...]

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Good enough to run again

John the Methodist at Locusts and Honey shared this great clip of Jon Stewart and Chris Mathews.
Several years ago now, Stewart was on Crossfire, and this segment is credited by many for bringing about the demise of that CNN cornerstone. This is just the first segment. Tucker Carlson makes an even bigger fool of himself [...]

Images of “Friendly”

Last Tuesday we went through Alamogordo, New Mexico.  I like to call the town “Fat Alamo,” proving my Spanish proficiency, but Rachel says that’s not exactly right.  We met my brother Richard and his family there for lunch at Blake’s Lotaburger.  Afterwards we went to White Sands National Monument.
The National Monument is about 15 miles [...]

Did I really hear that?

This weekend, I drew my first wedding duty since I came to MCH.  Last night I was in the media  booth at the back, minding my own business but “being available.”  I heard some people come in, and caught snippets of a conversation.
Apparently one of them is rather tall, because another man greeted him with, [...]