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Rights and Discretion – Religion and Politics
You have rights, that’s sure. You may act in them as you desire. Is it always good so to do? Not nearly so! Just because one can claim a given liberty, doesn’t mean one ought always do so. I’m not saying one can’t do so (recognizing potential for retribution of one sort or another), just that it’s far from always wise to do so.
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More on COVID-19 and Comorbidities – Religion and Politics
The point of this article was intended to be this. Even if you have one or more comorbidity, the chances appear to be exceptionally high, that you’ll not only not die from COVID-19, but that you’ll likely make a more or less complete recovery. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t protect yourself, just that the news surrounding contracting the illness is not particularly bad at this juncture.
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The Balance of Wealth – Religion and Politics
So, do you really think taking what the rich have from them, and distributing it to those who have less is a good idea? I hope based on what I’ve said, you’ll change your opinion.
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Thick Skin – Religion and Politics
The point of all I’ve expressed to this juncture, is that there’s a lot to be said for being thick skinned, and not much to be said, when that layer is a thin one. That’s why I consider it so important to teach him the “skill” of dealing with annoying, or even obnoxious individuals around and about him. This is the lesson I seek to instill in him. It can be a hard one, because he’s a “man of action.” Sometimes that’s good, sometimes bad. In this case, it’s not so great. I hope to get him to understand how things are in the course of time. In my mind, I pray I’m not alone in realizing how imperative this lesson is to learn.
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U. S. Immigration Policy – Religion and Politics
In the end, it comes down to this. I don’t believe true immigration reform can be had in this country until and unless we deal with the problem of illegal immigration via border crossings and visa overstays; and I don’t think we can deal humanely and effectively with those problems, at least in some measure, until and unless we can help to bring other parts of the World up to a standard of living that makes coming here far less enticing.
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Global Climate Change – Religion and Politics
So to begin with, all reasonable assessments seem to indicate the change in the remainder of the 21st century, will amount to a pretty small shift in temperature. Additional to that, lots of people have been talking about the coming disaster for many years, giving us ten, or twelve, or twenty years until a major crisis unfolded. Many of the admonitions came more than thirty years ago, yet here we are, with no discernible issues to show for all the doom-saying. Still we work to make things better, and continue to hear the claxons rage. Forgive me if I’m not moved to implement immediate, radical agendas to fix a problem I just don’t see being what it’s cracked up to be.
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Paying Taxes – Religion and Politics
So, if you wonder why somebody seen to be financially well off, may show basically no income tax when you’re able to get a glimpse of their IRS documentation, you can be sure the reasons may be many. And no, they’re not by any means all indicative of “bad action.”
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Presidential Qualifications – Religion and Politics
So keep in mind cognitive decline that will affect the person’s ability to sit in the Office of the President of the United States, is one of many possible qualification failures that may mean they never should be allowed to ascend to that office.
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Negative Rights – Religion and Politics
So negative rights speak about things you possess, but more importantly, they’re things others cannot take away. This is the intent of that form.
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On the Wane – Religion and Politics
It may seem to you, that we as a country, have not gone massively overboard in our response to COVID-19, when we do things like, arrest people for refusing to wear masks outdoors, who’re likely more than six feet away from others. From my vantage point though, I certainly don’t see that kind of reaction as reasonable. In fact, I don’t see far more tame responses as all that sensible either.