This is going to be a snarky post. The City website has this to say about snow removal on their website: The City of Kansas City, Mo., requests that residents, businesses and organizations clear sidewalks adjacent to their homes and offices to help pedestrians to get to school, work and home. The City’s Municipal Code (Sec. … Continue reading Kansas City, MO: Do as I say, not as I do
Category: Politics
Accessibility, diversity, disability
We have reached a level in the United States, culturally, where we have a certain sense of enlightenment where disability and diversity are concerned, a place where we want to ensure everyone accessibility. Now, by putting disability and diversity together, I don't want to insinuate a similarity between them that doesn't exist. But both have … Continue reading Accessibility, diversity, disability
Common Sense isn’t so common
Been a busy week, and I got to this morning realizing I'd run out of advanced plan blog posts, then got the below in an e-mail from someone I sing with. I don't usually post this sort of stuff, even as shares on my Facebook, but it seemed the perfect solution to today's posting dilemma. … Continue reading Common Sense isn’t so common
One Nation, Under God –but what is a nation?
What is a nation? That question is at the heart of the issue and dilemma of the USA's foreign policy blunders and fiascos from the 1990s to the present, including those of the Bush, and especially Obama administrations. A general understanding of the answer can offer us the insight necessary to work our way through … Continue reading One Nation, Under God –but what is a nation?
The Limits of Social Media
When a tragedy occurs, it is a natural response to want to do something to help out. Today, social media gives people ways to do something, and feel like they are doing something to help out. But the fact of the matter is most of the posts, statements, rallies and petitions on social media are … Continue reading The Limits of Social Media
So, “it takes a village,” eh?
I'm not quite sure why this phrase floated to the top of my mind as I contemplated yesterday's terrorism in Paris, but what I intuited from it was that the people who talk about this "global village" and "inclusive society with a place for everyone" have no idea what a real village is like. So … Continue reading So, “it takes a village,” eh?
Disagreement is not fear
In a recent exposition on a part of the book of Leviticus, I heard someone assert it as one of the most boring books in the Bible. When I heard that, my first thought was "depends on the person". I knew someone from my church in my high school days who dissected the book of … Continue reading Disagreement is not fear
The benefits of benefits
Can spending $6,850.00 a year be less than spending $6,000.00 a year? Can spending $5,000.00 a year be less than spending $3,000.00 a year? These are the sorts of questions that annual benefit enrollment can make one ask and also try to make seem logical. Two High Deductible Plans The comparison is two high deductible … Continue reading The benefits of benefits
Should we encourage the rising tide or sink the biggest boats?
My ethics text book, Organizational Ethics: A Practical Approach by Craig E. Johnson, talks in the last chapter about the dangers of globalization. In the chapter he talks about how the benefits of living in a global economy are obvious, but the what is hidden is the downside. I would like to challenge him, somewhat. Seems … Continue reading Should we encourage the rising tide or sink the biggest boats?
The watershed of 1492 — The Columbian Exchange
In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue. He had three ships and left from Spain; He sailed through sunshine, wind and rain. He sailed by night; he sailed by day; He used the stars to find his way. A compass also helped him know How to find the way to go. Ninety sailors … Continue reading The watershed of 1492 — The Columbian Exchange
At The Rainbow 