Back in 2005, I wrote a post about the abandonment of Terri Shiavo, prompted by a column by Mark Steyn. I was fixing a couple of broken links on the post and I thought it deserved fresh light. So, here you have it. Click here to go to the post.
Politics and Government
Culture & Social Issues, Economics, Politics and Government, Work
Work and It’s Changing Nature
by William Meisheid
I have recently read two articles that look at the changing nature of work/value creation and while coming from a different perspective, arrive at similar constructs, though this may not be obvious at first glance. The first article (The Old Model of Work is Broken by Charles Smith | Of Two Minds) approaches the issue…
Culture & Social Issues, Politics and Government
The Company Store
by William Meisheid
Liberals used to decry the company store, often rightfully so, since so seldom did the workers have an alternative and the store succeeded in binding them to the company, sometimes for life. Even when meant to “assist” the workforce, it eventually became a form of economic slavery. Without the company granting them “credit” most of…
Culture & Social Issues, Politics and Government, Religion, Science
The Inevitable Corruption of Science
by William Meisheid
Some things are inevitable. History teaches us that everything created by mankind, whether physical, philosophical, sociological, or theological eventually falls apart, either through natural processes wearing on it, or outright corruption. Science is no different. It does not exist in a vacuum. Since its inception it has lived through the actions of the people who…
Christianity, Culture & Social Issues, Politics and Government
Seeking Solidarity
by William Meisheid
Peggy Noonan had an interesting column this week. I almost didn’t finish it, but I am glad I did. She was commenting on the uproar over Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s various statements and said: He seems like a bright man, warm, humorous and compelling, but also needful and demanding of the spotlight, a showman prone to…
Christianity, Crime and Punishment, Culture & Social Issues, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Religion
The Rule of Law
by William Meisheid
The rule of law under God (how this country was founded) means we have absolutes to guide, correct, and administrate our legal system. Some things are inalienable. The rule of law under man (where this country is being taken) means we have no absolutes and are guided, corrected, and administrated in our legal system by…
Culture & Social Issues, Personal, Politics and Government
Veteran’s Day
by William Meisheid
It is November 12, Veteran’s Day in the United State, a day when we remember all those who are serving and have served in the armed forces of the United States (Memorial Day is when we specifically remember those who died). The Washington Post has an article from Elizabeth L. Robbins, an Army major, commenting…
Christianity, Politics and Government
In the Name of Christ…
by William Meisheid
If you stand overtly as a Christian, then everything you do will be judged against Christianity, not just you. Former President Jimmy Carter made his public position overtly Christian, so now, whatever he says or does reflects back in the mind of many in the United States and in the world at large as overtly…
Christianity, Politics and Government
Grace, the Bridge Across Troubled Waters
by William Meisheid
One of my favorite writers, Peggy Noonan had a column last week that attempted to provide a bridge across the troubled waters facing our country and its political impasse over Iraq. Her solution was grace. It is also God’s solution to the bridge over death to life. Indeed, without grace no real chasm can be…
Christianity, Culture & Social Issues, Politics and Government
The Path of Destruction
by William Meisheid
Thomas Jefferson wrote, in a letter to John Adams, the following statement: Yes, we did produce a near-perfect republic. But will they keep it? Or will they, in the enjoyment of plenty, lose the memory of freedom? Material abundance without character is the path of destruction. The essential elements of that freedom are things like…