"In so many ways, we have refused to pay the price of liberty over the years: eternal vigilance. If we ever speak of the cost of freedom, it is almost always in the sense of our servicemen and -women serving abroad. They indeed pay the price overseas, but there is also a cost to be paid by the rest of us here at home, and so often we don’t exercise our rights."
A letter to the editor in response to the article “Bippus receives high marks from city commission, sans Mayor Lowry" from Rev. Brenda Deily.
"I’m really glad we made the effort and took the plunge to go camping. I think we learned a lot about ourselves personally and our families and we grew closer because of it. I look forward to many more camping adventures in the future. I just hope I have running water and a bed next time."
"Why do we resort to ignoring every fiber of our being to appease others? Everywhere I look, I see people who are crippled by the fear of what might happen if they were to veer from tradition, or religious indoctrination. Placing the opinions of others above their own authenticity. Forcing themselves towards "achievement" as approved by society. We are prone to do this, although it is a well-known fact that you can't please everyone. When you are making decisions for the heart, and in line with your purpose you cannot even rely on a majority vote."
Do you know who Thomas Corwin is? Neither did I until I decided to do some studying up on the history of this great nation.
"I think this year I have a different sense of motivation to complete a summer bucket list. With the quarantine that we have all endured it has been hard to feel like you’ve accomplished anything. You can feel bored and unmotivated. But this year more than anything I WANT to complete something. I want to feel like I started a project and finished it. So I'm challenging myself to find the best bucket list for us and to work hard to complete it with my children."
"There are many painful truths living and being aware as an American minority. One being the road to reconstruction is hard. But the call for justice reform is a torch that must be carried, a light that cannot be snuffed out. Nothing is going to change until the system is dismantled and reconstructed. Preferably with everyone effected present during the conversations. It can happen. It has to. Policy over everything."
"Nearly all of us are learning of things we could have never predicted, unless we were the scientists whose voices have all too often not been 'heard.' And so, we understand that whether or not we know what comes next, it does not always prepare us for how we will respond."
"How I Came to See Time Differently" is the second installment of a short series exploring how we look at the past, the passage of time, how some times can seem more recent than others, and why it might be useful to think carefully about how we consider what is and what isn’t ancient history.
"I think it is important to support black owned business, especially at a time like this where people are being divided more and more. Supporting black-owned businesses is not reparations, and it is not enough, but it is a small way that an individual can empower less privileged communities and help lift them up from the many systemic ways that they are oppressed."
A NOTE FROM OUR EDITOR
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