Help, I can't see!

Justice is invisible. Mercy is invisible. Neither can we see selflessness, kindness, or honesty. I think it's interesting that when the prophet Isaiah talks about the Messiah, he says: "He will not judge by what his eyes see or decide by what his ears hear."



The only way I can make that jive, is to think that this Messiah must operate on a framework of invisible qualities, not on the visible soap-opera drama that surrounds humanity.



What if every candidate in our election focused on advancing an agenda of selflessness, justice, and honesty? For that matter, what if every voter tried implementing selflessness in their day-to-day activities?



Most people will, as long as they can see a postive result in the offing. I think what we need to right our culture is a population willing to engage in the invisible with their eyes closed.

How To Fix Iraq

The problem in Iraq is not one of ability. We can catch or kill more of theirs than they can of ours. We have more soldiers under arms and our arms are qualitatively better.

The problem is one of leadership.

The leadership in the U.S. has not clearly articulated the goals. Without clear goals, everything feels like a quagmire. The American people can't get behind the thing when it feels like we're just flailing around killing bad guys.

We can win. Just tell us what we're trying to win.

How to Read French:

French is a language for illiterates. I say this because the letters are almost meaningless. Rather than learning that each symbol represents a sound, we find in our study of the language, that letters serve only to keep print shops in business. I think it's pride; you know, the French people would feel awkward if everyone else in the world could write things down, Frenchmen could only protest that they didn't really need to.

You can approach the reading of French armed with only a few simple rules, and do just fine. Like this one for example: All words end with one of three sounds. Long A, as in Chevrolet; Wa, as in Roy or Francois; and long O, as in "Git some, breaux!" Note that none of those letters resemble the sounds coming out of your mouth. Who needs phonetics?

I think that "reading" French could probably be boiled down to 4 or 5 rules; as I discover the rest, I'll publish them.