What Inspires You?

What Inspires You?

I had two experiences these past few weeks I want to tell you about. The first happened when I was in Birmingham, Alabama to give a speech. I had flown there, didn’t have a car, but wanted to visit the Barber Motorsports Museum outside the city.  I phoned a cab...
How Shall We Live Together (10)

How Shall We Live Together (10)

When I was in junior high school, I thought about running for class office. Our class had four officers—president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer. The president and vice-president were always boys, and the secretary and treasurer were always girls. We were...
How Shall We Live Together (10)

A Response to Gary Varvel

  The above cartoon by Gary Varvel appeared in the September 23rd edition of the Indianapolis Star.  I’ve taken the liberty of posting my response here. Please share widely. When I was a kid, I read books about men coming to the rescue of women, and for...
What Inspires You?

How Shall We Live Together (9)

In 1979, the year I graduated from high school, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and Jimmy Carter, our president at the time, responded by requiring men of a certain age to register with Selective Service in the event the United States reinstituted the draft. I...
What Inspires You?

How Shall We Live Together (8)

When I was a kid, my father became active in politics, so my brothers and I were drafted to help him, even though Dad was a Republican and I was starting to see things from the Democrat’s point of view. On election nights, the townspeople would go to the court house...