Slaves – On Sunday morning I saw a news story about Yazidi women who were kidnapped by ISIS militants. These Christian women were made slaves after their men were executed. Their only hope of release is to be bought by other family members who escaped and now live in refugee camps. The tragic story was

What a Difference a Day Makes – One day can make a big difference. On Thursday the air pollution was so bad the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Beijing had gone off the index. Though I work in a building with filtered air, it was an unwelcome distraction. I regretted not bringing my mask for

Unexpected Events – The news these days seems to be all bad. Besides the terrible things that continue to happen in the traditionally troubled parts of the world, a steady flow of tragedies keep occurring in unexpected places. Today in France terrorists were shot dead by Police after they had killed 130 people. Paris is

The Least of These – We just returned from a visit to Hong Kong. A popular tourist destination, it is also a center of high finance and business. Our hotel was fancy by our standards, offering extravagant lunch and dinner buffets that always seemed crowded. As we toured the island, our guide pointed out the

But GOD – I was born into a working-class family in the US. We moved a lot and about time we would get “settled” my mother, who suffered from depression, would get sick and be put in the hospital. My brothers and I would stay with our grandmother until my Dad would start all over