As I drove my son to preschool this morning, I happened to hear a local DJ refer to the fact that one of the co-hosts is 23 years old. After I recovered from the shock of realizing that this woman was FOUR when those 9/11 happened, it got me thinking. There are teens and young…
You know when you have those “lightbulb” moments? I had one yesterday. As I listened to the president’s press conference, I was taken back to the worst week of my college years—the week I came down with H1N1 or “Swine Flu.” Right before I became ill with what I can only describe as walking dead…
This is unequivocally wrong. Yet… It also saddens me to see the plethora of social media posts suggesting that the atrocity that happened in Minneapolis is somehow mainstream. It makes it harder not only to deal with what happened here and bring justice to those who deserve it, but it propagates a falsehood; a falsehood…
So. Where the heck have I been? If you’ve listened to The Chris Salcedo Show on Houston’s KSEV 700 for a while now, you’ve probably noticed I haven’t been appearing on the show or doing much writing at all. All’s well! At the beginning of the year, I took some time off to address the…
Scientists must be willing to question everything. To be a scientist does not make you omniscient; it makes you an expert in the field, but even the experts get it wrong. Like the experts that Galileo bucked when he suggested the solar system revolved around the sun and not around the earth; like the ones…
I haven’t said a lot about COVID-19. Not “politically,” anyway. It’s been a project in and of itself to be working full-time while wrangling two small children who are being just as patient as they can be. I’ve been listening to a lot of people. Medical professionals, commentators, our local and national leadership… and I’ve…
I’ve just finished one of the most hellish weeks of my life. In the course of just 7 days, I’ve gone from business as usual, to finding out my grandma has an inoperable, extremely aggressive brain tumor called glioblastoma multiforme that will, barring a miracle in the most literal sense of the word, kill her.…
“Let us begin where our Founders began” you said, reverently—as you announced your directive that the House impeach the President of the United States. “Democrats too are prayerful,” you concluded, “and we will proceed in a manner worthy of our oath of office, to support and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic,…
It’s snowing outside my window. The brightness of the Christmas lights on our pine trees (yes, yes we have Christmas lights pre-Thanksgiving, don’t @ me) fades as daylight tries to peek through the ever-present gray clouds of a Minnesota winter morning. Stores are already jam-packed on the daily with people vying for the best deal…
Remember that scene where a discouraged Charlie Brown pleads for someone to tell him what Christmas is all about? “Isn’t there anyone…who knows what Christmas is all about??” he pleads, frustrated. Linus, blanket in tow, steps up and gives one of the most touching renditions of the Christmas Gospel ever. He finishes, walks over to…
William Prynne looked around as he entered the famed chamber in the Palace of Westminster. Stars adorned the ceiling’s pattern. He was there—he was actually there. Far from a timid man, Prynne’s heart still must have been heavy with the knowledge that whatever the knowing that whatever the Star Chamber dealt out would not be easy.…
“Make way, good people, make way, in the King’s name!” cried he. “Open a passage; and, I promise ye, Mistress Prynne shall be set where man, woman, and child may have a fair sight of her brave apparel, from this time till an hour past meridian. A blessing on the righteous Colony of the Massachusetts,…
(Image: The Guardian) “It came back with a rush: the huge room with its harsh overhead lights, the pathetic pile of dresses and shoes in the center of the floor, the shame of walking naked past this man. I could see my sister’s frail form ahead of me, ribs sharp beneath the parchment skin. Betsie,…
The stakes couldn’t be greater. After the president’s dubious strong-arming phone call with the leader of Ukraine, the pot has finally boiled over. Not only is impeachment fully on the table, but is it any wonder that there are people like William Weld are suggesting that President Trump may face execution for what he’s done? …
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