Sentenced to a Better Life
In Detention
When Andre got off the juvenile court bus at a suburban school, the privileged students there were shocked at what they saw. He and his eight fellow juvenile offenders were wearing neckties. Some of these nine students had been violent criminals, some not. They’d come to this St. Louis suburb, with a police escort, to…Read More
Likely Future Nobel Winner
In freedom
I was reminded recently of my disappointment that Malala Yousufzai didn’t with the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. I take heart in being confident that it will go to her at some point in her life, given her character, her achievements even now at her young age, and her determination to change her world. Here’s what…Read More
From a friend after a talk I gave about The Constant Choice. What I liked about Victor’s reaction was that he immediately recognized how my message wasn’t really about me, it was about him and everyone else in the audience. In answer to his last suggestion , this blog and the one I do for Huffington Post…Read More
Archimedes said that if you gave him a large enough lever, and a proper fulcrum, he could move the world. For social change, the fulcrum resides in how we make personal choices. So when it comes to health care, what we need isn’t simply good treatment for everyone, which is now the law of the…Read More
Peter Georgescu’s book arrived on Friday, and it is EXCELLENT!!!! I’m enjoying every single sentence. I knew it was going to be a real winner when the dedication page carried one of my absolute favorite bible verses Eclesiastes 3:1 “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven…a time…Read More
