Collecting My Thoughts

  Get Smart About Antibiotics Week is an annual one-week observance by the CDC to raise awareness of the threat of antibiotic resistance...

The 2014 budget requested $1.061 billion for the Corporation for National and Community Service, an increase of $12.2 million over the 2012 ...

Serve dot gov will direct you to ACORN. Isn't that a sweet connection--and with our tax money too. Read it here .

350,000 wannabees, many now unemployed So what happened to all those idealistic campaign workers who left it all to get out the vote? Some o...

The "Give Back" theme of the Democrats It's graduation season. Giving back is always and forever the theme of speeches at gra...

The GIVE Act. Does it violate the 13th amendment? The bill, HR 1388 : The Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act otherwise ...

Governor honors long-time married volunteers This was apparently started under Governor Taft and Strickland has continued it. No one from C...

More thoughts on volunteerism My mother was a volunteer for 30 years at the nursing home in my home town. However, over the years she saw m...

MLKing the memory Milking the memory of a Civil Rights leader and taking credit for service already in place, the media and Democrats too y...

Did real people suggest these? Not to be cranky, but. . . (when someone says that, they are about to be cranky). When I read through "1...

I will try to resist Today is my turn to volunteer at the lunch room at the UA Senior Center. They have great food, deliciously prepared, l...

Is required "voluntary" service marxist? Obama's website has already backed down on the mandatory service idea, as he is back...

Working for the candidates Yesterday I volunteered at a printing facility for the McCain-Palin ticket. I met some interesting people and got...

Slip-ups by McCain and Obama Both candidates made very odd statements last night. First McCain mentioned that the confidence/popularity of ...

Libraries out of their depth You probably can’t pray or hold religious services in this library, but you can buy clothing. Call me stodgy, b...

Think local, act short term You'll do far more good. Sixteen year olds are just not going to get turned on to a project to help their g...

Church of the Best Buy Sometimes I arrange my poetry into shapes. My best efforts were a Christmas tree, a tornado, and a side profile of ...

4088 Are Democrats stupid? No, but they know the American people, and they may be right. If something doesn't work, we just keep doing...