Category Archives: Wake Up Calls

Unbelievable? …

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

When’s the last time you heard or saw something so extreme or ridiculous that you muttered under your breath, “Unbelievable”? I find myself saying that a lot these days. Things I hear on the news, sights I see on the … Continue reading →

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“Born of Woman…”

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

When I was a kid, a medium-sized sticky note, if we had had sticky notes, could have held a hand-written compilation of all I thought I knew about spiritual things. One of those few tidbits of eternal truth was that … Continue reading →

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Maybe We Need More Extremists

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

We got some disturbing wake-up calls this past week. The western world was once again shocked out of its familiar routines by the cold-blooded murder of at least 129 innocent people in Paris, and the wounding of hundreds more. The … Continue reading →

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Frankenstein and Igor – At It Again . . .

Posted on November 1, 2015 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

It will have already ended when you read this, but another American Halloween is unfolding as I write, and apparently, it has introduced a new horror that we had totally overlooked. In addition to the fear that our ‘startle reflex’ … Continue reading →

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Let’s Quit Painting the Lid on the Sewer!

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

A post showed up on my Facebook page recently that bothered me. It was one of those pieces shared from somewhere else by someone I knew, and it contained language that I find repulsive in any context. I don’t recall … Continue reading →

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And It Won’t Cost You ‘Anything’ . . .

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Ron Gallagher, Ed.S

It’s hard to avoid the fact that another major political campaign is heating up in our country, and once again we’re subjected to an exposition of how easy it is for politicians to promise lavish gifts in order to promote … Continue reading →

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