Patrick

I was just visiting another journal written by an 18-year-old who writes like he's much older than that, when I ran across mentions of his current job as a grocery checker. That sent me on a brief trip down memory...

A few posts back, I discussed the growing phenomenon called Casual Sundays, which I suggested shows a lack of respect in God's house. A fellow journal writer, whose own journal is on my list of regularly-visited sites, weighed in with...

Every now and then, things I hear in TV news really make me cringe. I try to stay as grammatically correct as possible in the scripts I write, and so I am particularly sensitive to bad writing when I hear...

From Fox News: Rep. Corrine Brown (D, FL), issued an apology for comments made about the Bush administration's Haiti policy. In those comments, she stated Republican leaders were "racist" in their policies toward the nation. She added that those leaders...

It's opening day for The Passion of the Christ. Yesterday on the Today show, David Denby, film critic for the New Yorkerwas very critical of the movie, and his argument left me thinking he'd missed the whole point of the...

I passed a banner hanging across a church's parking lot advertising "Casual Sundays" the same way a restaurant might advertise shrimp being added to an all-you-can-eat buffet. Apparently, putting on a tie is too much hassle for a visit to...

I was reading the story about a young family missing for several days from their quiet town in Mississippi. Michael and Rebecca Hargon, both in their late 20's and their 4-year-old son, James Patrick, vanished on Valentine's Day from their...

Not that I really believe these things, but my horoscope tells me that I'm willing to strike up a bargain to please both sides. In that vein, perhaps I can tackle the hot topic of Gay Marriage versus Civil Unions....

Oh, the things that offend us... A writer consults "Miss Manners" today about the proper response to give someone who thrusts unsolicited sonogram photos at you with the expectation that you want to see the work-in-progress. "These photographs cause me...

When Bill Clinton ran for President, the Republicans made a big deal about his lack of military service. The Democrats said this was unfair and didn't mean that he would be an ineffective leader. Now, George W. Bush's military service...

I was raised a Southern Baptist, and still consider myself one. I have no doubt that God is real and that he lives within me. I've watched with great interest and amusement the furor over Mel Gibson's movie, The Passion...

I love this story!! The Associated Press reports that several authors were caught redhanded over the weekend unfairly inflating the reviews of their own books and those of colleagues and friends. The glitch apparently happened on Amazon.com's Canadian website. Amazon's...

In the Sunday paper, there's a story buried on the back page of the "Business" section. (How I ever found it, I'll never know.) Anyway, it talks about AOL's fervent battle against direct marketers who send out all that spam....

The President's military records are getting big news this week, because of what they contain and what some say they don't. Did George W. Bush serve all of the time he was supposed to, or did he get paid for...

Well, the infamous Super Bowl half-time show continues to get more press than the football game itself. Today, in Washington, a senator had something to say about it, but he wasn't addressing that "wardrobe malfunction" we're all sick of hearing...

A news story caught my eye yesterday. Producer Steven Bochco is against a proposal to cut a 15-second sex scene from an episode of NYPD Blue to create a "clean version" of the show to air in other time zones....