Food for Thought
The Eleventh Hour
By Jo Neal on Friday, November 16th, 2012
The elventh month, the eleventh day
In the hour of eleven it was ended
One year later proclaimed Armistice Day
Reveling those, our country by them defended.
On June one of 1954 Veteran's Day it became
And it still remains
To serve us their life's aim
And it is ours to honor their name... Read More...
Obama and the Constitution
By Rick Henly on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
Our Constitution, According To Barack Obama
Barack Obama taught Constitutional law at the University of Chicago for ten years. Chapter 3 of The Audacity of Hope is his take on the U.S. Constitution, Quotations are from pages 71-100 of the 2006 Crown Publishers edition... Read More...
Yes, it's cold out!
By HFP Reporter on Wednesday, January 20th, 2010
Today, I plan to take a journey to that fiery place we call hell to see if it is frozen over because there's a Republican Senator from Massachusetts heading to Washington.
Transparency?
By HFP Reporter on Saturday, January 16th, 2010
With all the wheeling and dealing going on in Washington over the Health Care bill such as the Medicaid deals for Nebraska and Louisiana and the Union’s exemption on paying taxes on their Cadillac Health Care plans, it’s refreshing to know that President Obama promised that his government would be the most transparent administration to ever run the White House where corrupt deals that used to go on behind closed doors are placed right out in the public for all to see... Read More...
What do they want?
By HFP Reporter on Saturday, November 14th, 2009
I read a very interesting article on Fox News' website that I hope doesn't become a trend. A Massachusetts man who is a devout Christian was confronted by a gay coworker who had just married her partner. Wanting social approval from this Christian, the gay coworker pressed him several times to comment on her recent marriage... Read More...
Thoughts on jury duty
By Nick Johnson on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
A little over a month ago, I received a letter in the mail informing me that I had been selected for jury duty. Like most people, I wasn’t entirely thrilled about my selection. Being a routine-oriented person, I wasn’t looking forward to missing work and sitting in a courtroom for an extended period of time... Read More...
Change, Yes we can!
By HFP Reporter on Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Albert Einstein said, "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”
Here's a story on changing perspectives to facilitate real change.
When in 1334 the Duchess of Tyrol, Margareta Maultasch encircled the castle of Hochosterwitz in the province of Carinthia, she knew only too well that the fortress, situated on an incredibly steep rock rising high above the valley floor, was impregnable to direct attack and would yield only to a long siege... Read More...
On a day like today.
By Tom Stong on Saturday, July 4th, 2009
Where liberty is, there is my country.
Benjamin Franklin
On a day so grand as this one we celebrate the birth of our great country. We think of and pray for the loved ones who have fought for this freedom we hold so dear... Read More...
Quote of the day
By Tom Stong on Sunday, June 28th, 2009
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. Benjamin Franklin
Slavery
By HFP Reporter on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Lincoln said, "If Slavery isn't wrong, nothing is wrong". What do you think he would say about our society?
The State
By HFP Reporter on Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
"What has made the State into hell is that man wanted to make it his heaven" by poet Fredrich Holderlin.
Reputation
By HFP Reporter on Friday, May 22nd, 2009
Automobile manufacturer Henry Ford said, 'You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do.”
Busy Schedule
By HFP Reporter on Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Abraham Lincoln was known to store drafts of his greatest speeches inside his beaver top hat. As he had time during his busy schedule, he would add to or revise his speech. Within a few days, he could come up with a decent speech like the Gettysburg’s Address... Read More...
