Posts Tagged ‘Bill Ott’

 of Missouri had an article describing its Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy.   The B.A. degree it offers is based on an examination of ideas and events central to an…

A few days ago, most of us were celebrating the birth of Jesus. It is a time when you can’t help but do some faith reflection.  There is so much…

Recently, I watched Nancy Pelosi give a speech on the U.S. House floor announcing she was stepping down as Speaker of the House. It struck me that I was watching…

A young man I know of passed away recently. He was 26 years old. He had a manageable health condition but upon passing out alone in his home, he fatally…

A friend of mine recently asked me why I was for abortion. I told him I wasn’t. He got a puzzled look and said that was what I said in…

I spent the past few weeks on a vacation, driving to the east coast and back.  There were road construction delays on virtually every highway I traveled.   Rather than…

A couple of recent national surveys got me thinking about how disconnected our voting ideology can be from what we really want.   The Pew Research Center found that only…

gh school girls volleyball coach. The lawsuit claims the coach subjected the team to demoralizing and degrading activities.  I’m not unfamiliar with the behaviors and practices of volleyball coaches, having…

A conservative friend who reads my columns recently asked me what I thought about transgenders, specifically about athletes.   He knows I have a stepdaughter who once played college volleyball.…

Recently I found myself thinking about a movie made back in 2006 called “Idiocracy.” The movie is a science fiction comedy, with a plot about a future dystopian society where…

Not quite two years ago, I began writing letters to the editor, which eventually led to this column. I had an objective. I was frustrated by the level of almost…