State Senate Candidate Spotlights Cost of Federal Aid
June 7, 2010 at 6:15 am | Posted in Political | 2 CommentsTags: light rail, norann dillon, sue jeffers
by Walter Scott Hudson
Calling into The Sue Jeffers Show on KTLK-FM in Minneapolis on Saturday, state senate candidate Norann Dillon shared an astute analogy for the hidden cost of state’s accepting federal money. The topic at hand was Minnesota’s expanding light rail system, the construction of which is highly subsidized by federal grants. Acknowledging the tendency of state legislators to regard available federal dollars as “free money,” Dillon compared a more common transaction.
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Beck vs. Greer: The Common Good
June 3, 2010 at 6:24 am | Posted in Political | 2 CommentsTags: common good, glenn beck, progressive, simon greer
by Walter Scott Hudson
In our political discourse, there are many words and phrases which mean entirely different things to different people. Justice, charity, and “the common good” come to mind. When Glenn Beck began warning people to run from houses of worships which preach “social justice” earlier this year, many critics took it as a stand against charity. Variations of “how could you be against ‘social justice?” reverberated throughout the media.
Perhaps the most prominent response came from Simon Greer of Jewish Funds for Justice. In a Washington Post op-ed, Greer took issue with Beck’s charge to “make sure your church puts God first and politics and government last.” Amidst a theological case for government helping the needy, Greer concluded, “to put God first is to put humankind first, and to put humankind first is to put the common good first.”
Celebrities To The Rescue!
June 2, 2010 at 6:26 am | Posted in Society and Culture | 3 CommentsTags: gulf of mexico, james cameron, oil spill, william shatner
by Walter Scott Hudson
Upon learning that federal officials have solicited help from Titanic and Avatar director James Cameron to brainstorm solutions for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, I was reminded of the closing track from William Shatner’s under-appreciated 2004 spoken word album Has Been.
I have saved the world in the movies
So naturally there’s folks who think I must know what to know
But just because you’ve seen me on your TV
Doesn’t mean I’m any more enlightened than you
Reflecting Upon What Matters
June 1, 2010 at 11:28 pm | Posted in Society and Culture | Leave a commentTags: bill whittle, memorial day, mike schlitz, pjtv
by Walter Scott Hudson
Bill Whittle has stood out among the fine folks at PJTV as a guy who not only “gets it,” but has an uncanny capacity for relating “it” to others. Self-described as a former liberal, Whittle’s libertarian conservatism is a product of intellect and spiritual reflection. Some set of circumstances apparently led him to reevaluate his priorities and adopt a paradigm which was not indoctrinated from youth. This conversion process appears to have endowed him with the ability to strike at the heart of what matters, a skill one develops when restructuring their fundamental values.
A culminate example of Whittle’s insight came recommended by The 56 Club this week as essential Memorial Day viewing. Entitled “A Tale of Two Americas,” it contrasts the cold indifference of urban anonymity with the personal sacrifice of many in flyover country. While ostensibly a geographic generalization, the point of Whittle’s piece has less to do with location than relation. In one of Whittle’s Americas, people relate indirectly – through media, through government, through institution. In the other America, people relate as human beings.
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