Today's Opinions

In our lives, we move from peace to storms and back to peace again ... or at least we should. We need both peace and storms. We can grow as individuals in both times of peace and times of storms. 

Like a lot of Americans, I got caught up in the 50th anniversary of our first moon landing. My moment was on CSpan3, where I channel-surfed into Reel America’s Moonwalk One, a dated NASA documentary that tells the story of the first U.S. mission to the moon.

Now there was a moment when America was great.

By Rick Kraft

You will not change your mind by reading this column, but you will have a better understanding of how you and others think.

Have you ever argued with someone over an issue until you are blue in the face, only to leave the argument right where the two of you started, without either one of you making any progress in changing the other’s mind? I know I have.