Happy Birthday

Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were born within a few hours of each other 200 years ago today. How profoundly both men changed the world.

How would they view the world today? An African American is president. Only forty percent of Americans ----forty percent ---- believe in the theory of evolution.

Both men would be shocked.

Another Lost Generation

“Where’s my son! Where’s my son!” one woman shouted. Soldiers took her to the children, but the woman said her son wasn’t there. The police also took several civilian corpses out of the building. Taliban Attackers Storm Kabul Offices NY Times

Another generation of Afghan children will grow up in the midst of the horror and sickness and soul crushing grief of war. This kind of war, that they are standing in the midst of. How close did those suicide bombers get to this child, this beautiful child whose only choice when he grows up may be to join them?

Responsible for Change

"I think I screwed up," Obama said in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper. "And, I take responsibility for it and we're going to make sure we fix it so it doesn't happen again."

The president acknowledged his responsibility for a mistake. Read that again. He didn't ask what the definition of is is. Didn't insist he isn't a crook. Didn't try to sell an excuse he didn't write nor understand.

Quite the change.

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One for the Other Thumb!

SixBurgh, Baby!!