Opinions

Are they happy now? Largely called for and hugely supported, defunding police has to be one of the worst ideas and least thoughtout in years. It is another kneejerk response from Democrats.

“I guess I’m having my second childhood,” said my 90-year-old aunt in our telephone conversation this weekend. “I never had tonsillitis as a child but now I’m on my second week of antibiotics for what they’re calling ‘tonsillitis.’” Since she has been homebound, I have called to report what news I could think of, and to learn from her, too. We discussed the calendar, school starts, birthdays and anniversaries.

What’s the first question that pops into your mind when I ask you to think of a rhetorical question? Some common rhetorical questions are: Is rain wet? Is the Pope Catholic? Do you think money grows on trees?

I don’t like having blood drawn. I don’t like anything about doctors’ appointments except the declaration, “You’re fine.” At the end of August, however, I headed toward a routine appointment and observed a flurry of teachers returning to their desks and their duties.

Last time I was on a boat was the Maid of the Mist at Niagara Falls in Buffalo. It was sea-worthy and required passengers to wear a cheap, hooded, blue plastic baggy to prevent passengers from getting soaked when the double-decker neared the falls.

Give Catholics credit for standing strong. And when they flex, they show a fearless resolve about what is important to them. One such tenet is abortion, and the Catholic Church is a spiritual force in Western Civilization.

I was eating a pimiento cheese sandwich and watching the CBS Evening News when a professional portrait of Dr. Jesse Steinfeld appeared on the screen. My chewing became intentionally slower and slower as I stared at the television screen.

Last week we talked about how desperately we need to reach all children for Christ, and I still have much to say on the matter. God loves the little children and always made it a point to spend quality with them. Why? Because He knew that when a child learns about God and the eternal truth is planted deep within their hearts, it will always be there. One of the passages about that promise is found in Proverbs 22:6, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.” This is talking about investing our time to show them what God says, demonstrating righteous behavior, and teaching them to resist temptation, standing for what is true even if it is not popular. Let us remember that Jesus loves the little children and no matter what the world believes or how we are persecuted for rejecting sin, protecting an innocent child is our responsibility.