Thoughts About Life

Andrew Klavan is a very good author, political commentator, and genuinely funny guy. But in his youth he seriously thought about killing himself. His article here considers whether medications are the answer to the conundrum of suicide, but goes in a different direction. An excellent psychiatrist helped him out of the pit, but in retrospect he realizes that it was the fact that the doctor cared, that he loved him enough to stick with him, that made the difference. He finishes:

"The poet Auden once wrote: "We must love one another or die." It's said he wanted to change that line later because it was untrue in the sense that we die whether we love one another or not. But no, he got it right the first time. Love is our only truly effective tool in curing the deeper sorrows of the soul. Love from therapists, from strangTers on hotlines, from friends and parents, siblings and spouses. These people are not responsible when love is not enough. Only the sufferer can choose to stay his hand. But if anything is going to work, it will be love. No medicine can imitate it or even come close."  

Amen.

pjmedia.com/andrewklavan/a-modest-observation-about-suicide/

Another Christmas Story

Her mother was the head of a Planned Parenthood clinic when she became pregnant. She almost aborted Ashley. Almost. Here's another Christmas story.

www.dailywire.com/news/39583/watch-actress-new-pro-life-movie-says-mom-decided-paul-bois

Matthew 25:35-40

A Christmas Story. 

www.dailywire.com/news/39524/class-george-h-w-bush-anonymously-supported-hank-berrien

DIY too?

www.africanewlife.org

Quotes Without Comment

"Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said on Tuesday that Democrats have a hard time connecting with voters because of how "smart" Democrats are and because Democrats 'know so much.' "

www.dailywire.com/news/39038/senator-hirono-democrats-struggle-relate-voters-ryan-saavedra

"As reported by Reuters, Obama was howdying a crowd in Beaverton, Ore., on May 9, 2008, when he said: "It is wonderful to be back in Oregon. Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states. I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it."

www.politifact.com/texas/article/2011/nov/30/perry-recaps-obamas-57-states-remark/

"If we work our butts off to make sure that we take back all three chambers of Congress — uh, rather, all three chambers of government: the presidency, the Senate, and the House," she said Saturday in a call with Justice Democrats, a progressive political action committee."

townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2018/11/19/ocasiocortez-we-need-to-make-sure-that-we-take-back-all-three-chambers-of-congress-n2536164

"CNN "State of the Union" anchor Jake Tapper asked where that estimated $40 trillion -- which would include the costs for Medicare for all, jobs guarantees, student loan forgiveness, free college programs, paid family leave, and Social Security expansion -- would come from. Medicare for all would be the costliest initiative, coming in at about $32 trillion ...

But asked again where that $40 trillion would come from, aside from her proposed increase in taxes on the wealthy and corporate taxes, which she has said would raise $2 trillion over the next 10 years, Ocasio-Cortez said the taxpayer-funded programs would free people up to increase economic activity in other areas, adding that the Medicare for all program is part of "a broader agenda."

"We do know and acknowledge that there are political realities," she added. "They don't always happen with the wave of a wand, but we can work to make these things happen."

www.cnn.com/2018/09/16/politics/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-40-trillion-cnntv/index.html