In the same CNN poll that gave Trump a 20% lead, Hillary Clinton had a 58% to 30% to 2% lead over Sanders and O’Malley.  The last CNN poll included Vice President Joe Biden.  Clinton had the largest gain after Biden’s exit at 13% followed by Sanders at 1%.  The poll asked their voters who […]

The horrific attacks in Paris have sent a wave of fear around the world.  As of this writing, 28 governors in the US have said that they will not accept refugees from the civil war in Syria for fear that ISIS members will sneak into their states.  26 of these 28 governors (84%) are Republican.  […]

Just one week after posting on the trial of Bradley Manning, the big news is Edward Snowden’s leaking of a domestic surveillance program to Glenn Greenwald of the Guardian Newspaper.  Naturally jaws are dropped in Congress and in the public.  Personally I am not surprised that we are tracked in this modern world where almost […]

On December 31, 2004 I was at a spiritual retreat for New Years Eve.  We were having a discussion about moral dilemmas.  An older woman wearing a mink coat was asking about how much money she should give to those who were killed in the Indian Ocean Tsunami which had just happened.  She had said […]