From Larry Wohlgemuth… Even the most militant atheist must admit that the words of Jesus are good lessons by which to live. Who can argue with honesty, charity, and love for your brother? It’s a perfect plan for living, but so few are doing it. When you hear the words that come out of their [...]

From Larry Wohlgemuth… As a young boy I desperately wanted a hero; someone to model as a representation of everything a man should be. My father was a particularly a hard worker, but his propensity for violence and abusive behavior made it hard to characterize him as an heroic character. Deciding that principle was a [...]

From American Corespondent Larry Wohlgemuth… You’ve seen the woman in the black SUV, busily chatting on her cell phone while her children watch DVDs of Sesame Street in the backseat. Believing herself too busy to chat with her children, she’s allowed them to be raised by small plastic discs, unaware of the implications. This generation [...]

From Larry Wohlgemuth… Look for the similarities and not the differences” was the sage advice I got early in my journey through the 12 steps. I didn’t know what to do with it. I couldn’t envision myself similar to all those in this diverse group. It was easy when someone shared details that mirrored my [...]

From Larry Wohlgemuth… G.I., Government issue, grunt, dogface, slick. These are but a few of the more or less colorful euphemisms used to describe military enlistees. If you’re in you’d better accept the fact; you’re nothing but chattel property to them. Now they want you declare your everlasting allegiance to them, but it’s a one-way [...]

From Larry Wohlgemuth… Admit it, you always made fun of the guys with the pocket protectors on the audiovisual team when you were in school. Admit it. They were easy targets, and everyone took shots at them, mostly because we knew they wouldn’t fire back. All that’s changed. Those little techie nerd guys grow up [...]

From Larry Wohlgemuth… Americans standing in solidarity with protesters in Tunisia and Egypt, and Egyptians sending pizza to demonstrators in Wisconsin. Amazing, since only five years ago a majority of Americans wanted to destroy Islam. How times change. Zbigniew Brezinski has misjudged events, for this is not a massive global “political” awakening, rather it’s a [...]

From Larry Wohlgemuth… Everybody was certain it would happen, and in the wake of the shooting in Tucson last week only the most militant teabagger was able to deny that incendiary rhetoric played a role. We knew this talk of crosshairs, Second Amendment remedies and lock and load eventually would have repercussions, and it did. [...]

From Larry Wohlgemuth… Only when we understand the meanings of words can we truly comprehend the messages being sent our way. For instance, I knew a woman who called her two-year-old son her little dildo. Can you imagine the years of therapy that boy will need? There are words, particularly obscenities, intended to elicit powerful [...]

From Larry Wohlgemuth… While the tea party ostensibly labors for the return to constitutional governance (no, that’s not a joke) it’s easy to see other hands at work. Several tea party factions have been co-opted by fundamentalist Christians. It’s written all over their signage. They long for the “good old days”, like back when white [...]