Thomas Ricks is no pacifist, and there’s nothing anti-military about his chronicle of the war in Iraq. Pentagon correspondent for the Washington Post, he has been to Iraq five times in four years. He tells us that each time, the situation has been worse than before. In an interview on amazon.com, he says this:
On my […]
July 15, 2006.
I used to be a child.
I had great parents who loved me and respected me as a person. But sometimes, it was scary. And sometimes, I remember.
So tonight, I was explaining something to my son, and I said, “Do you remember the story of that time my family was playing a game, and […]
A popular song in the 70s was called Tie a Yellow Ribbon (Round the Ole Oak Tree) (YouTube, opens in a new window).
The song, in turn, was based on a traditional story about a fellow who, when he was to be released from prison, wrote a letter to his sweetie asking her to let him […]
My son and I have been talking about lies and truth lately. (No big shock there.) We had both concluded, independently, that we don’t like “white lies,” or, in fact, any lies at all, and that authenticity is really important to both of us.
Yesterday, he asked me whether there were any circumstances in which it […]
I heard a PSA today that told me I should have a talk with my kids about how violence against women is wrong. Or maybe their father should have the talk. Either way, it makes no sense. Such a talk should be ridiculous.
My kids would never imagine that I’d condone any kind of violence against […]
My heart is glowing because I’ve run across a truth-speaker. Heather Gold is comedian and a teacher of Open Source Management, a way for businesses to get real. Open Source Management uses ideas she’s learned from the software industry to promote authenticity and vulnerability in business. Why would business be interested? “Systems eventually fail […]
The movie I talked about earlier, Why We Fight, is now available from google video! I saw it in the theater, but I’m really excited that now people can see it easily.
If you’re interested in really getting what’s going on with this war, you should definitely watch it. It’s not some whacked-out conspiracy thing. It’s […]