American politicians, today, are saturating their rhetoric with religious references for the purpose of bolstering a particular political point of view.  Haven’t we prided ourselves as a country of insisting on a strong separation between church and state?  Render unto Caesar and all that stuff?  Almost every political conversation in this presidential election year...Read More

  Thursday, April 26th, 2012 Baton Rouge, Louisiana THE COMPLICATIONS OF RELIGION AND POLITICS! I have a request of all of our pontificating politicians.  Leave God and me alone to work out our relationship.  I consider myself a religious person, but I don’t wear my faith on my sleeve or preach to my neighbors.  I...Read More

New York City was the venue last week for me, as I was invited to participate in an Ideas Festival with a gathering of news makers from around the country.  I guess I was included as the token “Redneck,’ but for whatever reason I was invited, it was a stimulating program and a lively debate...Read More

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So what do you to do spice things up a bit, especially if you live in a small town? To advertise a new TV channel in Belgium, a company set up a large red button on a pedestal in a square of a sleepy Flemish town with the invitation to press it if you wanted...Read More