Reflections by
November 3, 2014
A People’s Revolt in West Africa
What happened in Burkina Faso (the country formerly known as Upper Volta until 1984) at the end of October is a rarity in...
Michael Varga
October 5, 2014
It’s Not the Disease, It’s the Stigma….
Some people are reacting with extreme opinions about what Ebola means for the United States. Some are saying we should ban all travelers...
September 15, 2014
Who Goes There? (The Power of the Unseen…)
Recently I replaced an outside light at my house with a motion detection one. When the light stayed on much of the time,...
August 28, 2014
Saint Joseph, The Home seller
In the 1700s in Europe, communities of nuns appealed to Saint Joseph to help them find land for a convent. They did this...
August 18, 2014
Following The Bourbon Trail in Kentucky
An old friend from high school had on his bucket list to do “The Bourbon Trail” in Kentucky. Although I have enjoyed bourbon...
August 12, 2014
Robin Williams Saw The Ordinary in Life and Made It Extraordinary
Although he starred in many movies, for me Robin Williams was never better than as the teacher, Mr. John Keating, in Dead Poets...
August 3, 2014
The Convergence of the Twain: Africa and the rest of us
Although he starred in many movies, for me Robin Williams was never better than as the teacher, Mr. John Keating, in Dead Poets...
July 29, 2014
When Young People Are Passionate, We Believe
A friend and I attended a production of Godspell* in Memphis recently. It’s a show about how individuals from all walks of life,...
July 23, 2014
A Too-low Minimum Wage is Costing Us Too Much
In the United States the federal minimum wage has not been increased since 2007. That’s a problem. We live in a market economy....
July 16, 2014
Instead of drone strikes, send Peace Corps Volunteers
The Peace Corps is revamping its application procedures. So many potential volunteers started the application but abandoned it after the bureaucracy took so...