Something To Think About Archive

Noted so-called “traditional” Liberal authors John Judis and Ruy Teixeira write that “…a “shadow party” has moved the Democrats to the left.” Shadow Party is their term for the activist organizations, think tanks, foundations, publications, donor networks, commentators and academics who shape the party’s positions that take it far away from the party of John Kennedy and even Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton.

According to management guru Stephen Covey, “To know and not to do, is really not to know. To learn and not to do, is not to learn.”

Hamas is more than a militant Islamist terror organization. It has a well-organized military including units of battalion strength. Israel cannot let up until it is destroyed. Hamas, the Palestinian Authority and Fatah, a supposed secular political party, all have the stated goal of the destruction of Israel. The U.S. needs to resist calls for an immediate cease-fire until Hamas is destroyed. They started it; Israel needs to finish it.

First female Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Conner told us to “… give freely of yourself to your family, your friends, your community, and your country. The world will pay you back many times over.”

Psychiatrist and author M. Scott Peck once noted that the Chinese word for “crisis” consists of two characters: one represents “danger” and the other “hidden opportunities.”

When it comes to taking a stand, columnist and political activist Jim Hightower once noted that “There’s nothing n the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.”

When it comes to taking a stand, columnist and political activist Jim Hightower once noted that “There’s nothing n the middle of the road but yellow stripes and dead armadillos.”

Theoretical physicist Edward Teller believed that “No endeavor that is worthwhile is simple in prospect. But, if it is right, it will be simple in retrospect.”

Florida Senator Rick Scott is demanding answers from the CFP on why Florida State University was left out of the Top Four. Florida Congressman Marowitz wants a House Resolution condemning the decision while Donald Trump posts online that the CFP’s ruling is all Ron DeSantis’ fault. Is this really the most pressing issue facing America? Reminds us of then Senator John Kerry once calling for a Senate hearing on why a Patriots game was blacked out one Sunday years ago. All of them act like little Neros fiddling while Rome burns…

Management consultant Stephen Covey says, “Taking initiative does not mean being pushy, obnoxious, or aggressive. It does mean recognizing your responsibility to make things happen.”

Albert Einstein once pointed out that “Whoever is careless with truth in small matters, cannot be trusted in important affairs.”

Movie mogul Samuel Goldwyn believed that “Pictures are for entertainment. Messages should be delivered by Western Union.”

According to author, speaker and pastor John C. Maxwell, “A good leader encourages followers to tell him what he needs to hear, not what he wants to hear.”

Columnist and commentator Peggy Noonan believes that “Cynicism is not realistic and tough – it’s unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don’t have to try.”

The majority of the more than 11,000 dead on both sides of the Israel-Hamas war have been civilians, which is tragic, but also the case in all wars that we know of, at least in modern times. Consider that the civilian death toll in World War II is estimated at 38 million. And, like previous wars, this one enlists a lot of propaganda, by Hamas, trying to portray Israel as the bad guys when they, Hamas, started the conflict by killing 1400 Israeli innocents and then they use their own people as human shields increasing the civilian death toll that they then blame on Israel.

In a time when not every word spoken by a sitting president was a campaign speech, John F. Kennedy said: “If we are strong, our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak, words will be no help.”

German statesman and post-war Chancellor Konrad Adenauer once noted that “We all live under the same sky, but we don’t have the same horizons.”

Country music legend Merle Haggard declared: “I’m happier because I made up my mind to be that way.”

Novelist Charlotte Bronte wrote: “Gratitude is a divine emotion: it fills the heart, but not to bursting; it warms it, but not to fever.”

According to author Truman Capote, “Anyone who ever gave you confidence, you owe them a lot.”