Here’s a question for you….What is the difference between people standing on street corners with signs asking for money and people standing on street corners with signs advertising a business? Answer….The people asking for money don’t twirl their signs and dance. Chico would be a much nicer place if we …

I’m getting a real kick out of this mess Reese Witherspoon has gotten herself into with her recent arrest. Her “You’re about to find out who I am” statement to the arresting officer is an eye opener on many levels. To begin with, I can’t say that I wouldn’t play …

Life is a process of learning and awakening. For most of us it’s a constant motion of two steps forward and one step back. We learn from every experience in life weather we are moving forwards or backwards. Whatever life throws at us or whatever we choose to experience, those …

In the following blog, I mean no disrespect to NRA members, liberal city council persons, our anybody who has been touched by violence in Chico.  It’s just where my brain was at this morning, please don’t take offense as I mean no offense.
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Seems like everyday I am reading in the …

One of my favorite all time sayings is, “You can’t put a ten pound idea into a five pound brain.” People can’t see what they’re not ready to see. But the funny thing is, many people don’t want to see any more than what they are capable of seeing at …

My Dad used to say that if we ever allow euthanasia to be legal that it would soon lead to killing off old folks who couldn’t afford medical care. Then in the seventies when abortion became legal we were warned that it would only be a matter of time until …

There’s not a lot I can say about being gay because I am not gay. But I don’t have to be gay or understand what it is to be gay to completely support gay rights. I also don’t know what it’s like to be a woman or a black person …

I just spent last weekend in Santa Cruz visiting my daughter. While browsing through the paper Saturday I noticed an interesting article about the problems the city is having with crime and the homeless. Their food distribution center, which is our version of the Jesus Center, is funded by the …

This is my third and last blog on gun control. If you read my last two blogs (one tongue in cheek, the other wishful thinking), it should be apparent that I don’t really have an answer to fixing this, nor does anybody else. That being said, I do have a …

The answer to dealing with gun violence is plain and simple, yet none of us will ever see it happen in our life time. The answer to dealing with gun violence is the same answer to dealing with any kind of violence, and most crimes for that matter. We need …