Reflect and focus

On Election Day, well before any returns were in, I decided to write a piece that would apply no matter who won or lost. As we ring in another four years with President Obama and Vice President Biden, I encourage my fellow Americans to take a moment to remember what...

Conscious diversion

Ah, the level of discourse just gets better and better as we near Election Day, doesn’t it? Sometimes it takes a concerted effort to put our focus on what’s important in our relationships at times like this, whether in social media or in our live...

A vote for elite and educated

All this election talk disparaging intellectualism and education right on the heels of a national conversation about the value of education because of the film Waiting for Superman and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s award to the Newark school system makes me...

Blurring the church/state lines

Funny that my mother and I were  just talking over the weekend about how the Catholic Church I belonged to in Central Jersey nearly 20 years ago told us to vote for the pro-life candidate on the ballot the Sunday before Election Day. Mom had a hard time believing...