Category Archives: Herrington

     Why hasn’t the conservative faction of the culture produced its own movies since it perceives Hollywood as being so very liberal? The National Review has posted a list of movies, made in Hollywood, of course, that it considers, somewhat at … Continue reading →

     Although derivatives are an item to be bought and sold in the real world of finances, they are in fact a hard currency metaphor for an ideology of the business cycle: We project, or bet, on the future value of … Continue reading →

     I often blog, Facebook, and freelance, and sometimes I get into a situation where I have to try to explain myself; this is what happened one day in a conversation about the Bible. CW…”If you don’t believe the Bible is … Continue reading →

Lenny Bruce, patron Saint of those who bare their souls naked on the linoleum floors of truth, life spent in a rabid thrust to speak from the heart of pain, lonely his temptations: seeing the light, shining, and the distance … Continue reading →

     Well, let’s talk about money. I appreciate when others do the hard work and all the heavy lifting on my behalf….http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/revisiting-the-cost-of-the-bush-tax-cuts/2011/05/09/AFxTFtbG_blog.html, so here’s the skinny on the fat news about the Bush Tax Cuts in terms of real cost. Fine. … Continue reading →

     The whole point of having a friend is to have someone to talk to. Talking to someone needs to be a two-way street: Sometimes you talk, and sometimes you listen. What you are listening to may not make any difference … Continue reading →

     If something has gone terribly wrong, and we are cut to the bone. distrusting, deeply devalued, critically emotionally wounded, the transformation of a hurt identity into a freed identity requires re-evaluating ourselves as we view ourselves. Shame seems to be … Continue reading →

     Gillian Tett, US managing editor and an assistant editor of the Financial Times, seems to think that our worries in America are both financial and sociological; that is, the equations are important but not to be simplistically separated from the … Continue reading →

     I’ve been thinking about what I would say if I were sitting in front of a camera and had the chance to say anything I wanted to say without anyone’s approval or validation. If you get all moralistic, it mainly … Continue reading →

     We might ask ourselves what it was that Jesus actually saw in the Gentiles that made him want to redeem them. He had a multi-tribed family of man already picked out and had been working with them for several thousand … Continue reading →