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  • Fight or Flight? Some Thoughts for Easter

    Fight or Flight? Some Thoughts for Easter5

    The long Gospel readings in my church on Palm Sunday offer an unflattering portrait of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Judas sells out his master for 30 pieces of silver and leaves the Last Supper to put his betrayal into action. Later that evening in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus asks three of his followers

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  • Fidel Castro Did Not Give Cuba Literacy or Better Healthcare

    Fidel Castro Did Not Give Cuba Literacy or Better Healthcare0

    On CBS’ 60 Minutes, Senator Bernie Sanders recently praised the achievements of communist Cuba. An interviewer asked him about his 1985 comments that Cubans supported communist dictator Fidel Castro because he “educated their kids, gave their kids health care, totally transformed society.” In response, Sanders defended those comments, by stating that when “Fidel Castro came into office, you know

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  • Fiddling With Feelings While Minneapolis Burned

    Fiddling With Feelings While Minneapolis Burned0

    The election is on the horizon. The finish line of a horrific year of COVID, riots, and unrest can be seen in the distance. The only problem is, many of us wonder if the election, rather than setting things to right, will only shake things up further. Will regulations continue? Will unrest increase? Will we

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  • Fibbing Fauci Shows He’s Just Another Crisis-Loving Intellectual

    Fibbing Fauci Shows He’s Just Another Crisis-Loving Intellectual0

    A few months into the COVID pandemic, an acquaintance of mine got an adorable puppy and named it… Fauci. Admittedly, it is kind of a cute name for a dog. But after the past several days’ news reports, I’m wondering whether my acquaintance will choose a new moniker for that poor puppy sometime soon. For

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  • Fewer Teenagers Have A Job, and That’s a Problem

    Fewer Teenagers Have A Job, and That’s a Problem0

    In the summer of 1995, I took my first full-time job. It was seasonal work at Lake Arrowhead, a golf course about 20 minutes from my parents’ house. I couldn’t legally drive yet—I was only 15—but a friend who had also applied offered to drive us both if we got hired, and we did. That

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  • Fewer Doctors Are Telling Patients They’re Overweight

    Fewer Doctors Are Telling Patients They’re Overweight0

    Not long ago, I heard a story of how a woman was incensed over the fact that a doctor told her to lose weight. It was gently pointed out to this person that it’s generally a doctor’s job to recognize health issues and bring them to a patient’s attention, even when those issues aren’t what

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