Am I DONE yet?

Blogging, that is. Don't YOU wish! I am getting caught up.

I have a brief blog drafted on military service. I'd also like to explore, for my own edification, the topic of majority rule (that's freedom isn't it, except we don't want to crush the individual (freedom for little old me) in the process, do we?) and sacrifice (I'm very much into "rational" self-interest these days, and as noted elsewhere, helping others (such as your boss in your job) is really just helping yourself and your own self-interest). Is freedom about individual CHOICE or does the "greater good" take priority over choice? Woof. Hope I can keep both those under thesis length.

 
Then there is the daily news. It's wearisome, often, but we are so UNrepresented on either "side" these days I think it behooves us (behoofs?) to be informed. I am hearing of and reading ever more informed and intelligent commentary from the likes of http://www.ft.com/comment (the Brits are not idiots, despite being British), http://www.ibdeditorials.com/, and http://online.wsj.com/public/page/news-opinion-commentary.html, to name but a few.

Oh well, I've never had so much fun talking, talking, and talking. Blog on.

Blogs, opinions, topics, Oh My!

If you’ve recently been invited to view my blog, or accidently stumbled across it, let me opine a bit about what blogging is to me. It is communication (that which separates us from being sheep and wolves or purely instinctive beings (which humans aren’t very good at anyway)).

A lot of my communication is opinion, something I have that is free and plentiful. When I can, I will back it up with fact, and I welcome others to guide me to facts when they can. I get a lot of well-intentioned emails of the patriotic or political variety that often prove to be very old and/or factually misleading. I find that Wikipedia and Snopes.com, while not infallible, will frequently set the record straight. I think we need to prove ourselves with calm, cool, and collected facts rather than the raw, unsubstantiated emotion that is often thrown at us.

Is blogging going to be that serious? I hope not! I do find myself opining about politics and economics more than I ever expected, as they effect me and the rest of the world in bigger ways these days than I ever expected. IMO communication has never been more important. My blog topics so far have been as “light” as snow skiing and as “heavy” as water boarding and the death penalty.

Bear with me if you like. I welcome you to read and encourage you to comment and converse if you so choose. Gosh, you could even start your own blog!