Everyone Has a Basic Core Assumption

I have shown you a little about what assumptions are in general and how they work.  Let’s look at the specific assumptions that all of us make.  I have spent years researching and categorizing assumptions.  These assumptions are very powerful, and yet they are...

What Are Assumptions?

An assumption is “a willingness to accept something as true without question or proof” (Cambridge English Dictionary).  It is something we consider to be self-evidently true—something that anyone who knows anything knows to be true.  Since it is self-evidently true,...

Welcome to the Sharia World

My jaw dropped in horror last week as we all watched the sickening scenes of Islamic terrorists attacking the Charlie Hebdo satire magazine in Paris.  These Muslims barbarically murdered twelve people and left many others wounded.  The terrorists’ motive for murder...

Your Rights Have Been Cancelled

The silence is deafening from a recent court ruling.   No mainstream news agency reported this significant decision from the European Court of Human Rights. Just weeks ago this high European court reaffirmed its 2012 verdict stating there is no right to gay marriage. ...

Celebrating the Shutdown

We are several days now into a partial shutdown of the federal government.  While many people may loathe the budget impasse in Washington, I am celebrating.  However, I am not celebrating for reasons you may think.  True, I tend to have more conservative political...

Discrimination By Any Other Name

My family has lived in Fayette County, Georgia for 23 years.  It is a great place to live, work, and raise a family.  We have a great neighborhood with lots of variety from little kids to retired people.  Some of our neighbors are native Georgians and some, like my...

Of Luminaries and Free Lunches

Adults generally know that it is a good idea for children to eat their vegetables.  Children would probably eat Pop Tarts, candy, and pizza for every meal if you would let them.  They love how these foods taste, but don’t really understand that a steady diet of these...

Promote Healthcare, Not Provide It

Unless you were deep sea diving, in the jungles of the Amazon, or lost in space, you heard the Supreme Court has upheld the controversial Affordable Care Act.  I don’t want to get into whether it is good law or bad law (it’s bad).  Nor do I want to talk about...

Who’s Laughing Now

Last week a Peachtree City, Georgia woman was arrested and charged with two felonies for bigamy.  She married a second man under an assumed name so as to avoid the law.  But why do we care?  Why is it even a crime for this woman to marry someone she loves?  Why...

Mardi Gras Gets a Personal Makeover

While my blog is primarily for exploring ideas, I want to make a slight departure today.  Today is Mardi Gras, and while this may not be a day of great consequence to most (other than an opportunity to have a big party), today is very important to me.  It is not...