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I've written two novels since my retirement in 2008. The first is a romance, Songs of Sadness, Songs of Love. The second is an action/mysteryThe China-Africa Parallax: A Ryan and Gillian Mystery.

Among the textbooks I have written areLinguistics for L2 Teachers, Mahwah, NJ, Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, 2001; and Language Exploration and Awareness: A Resource Book for Teachers, 3rd edition, Mahwah, NJ, Lawrence Earlbaum Associates, 2006. This textbook was translated into Korean by Pagijong Press, Seoul, South Korea. 2010.

I am presently writing my third Ryan and Gillian novel, The Nathan Culper Brotherhood. You can follow my progress on novel #3 here at this blog site.

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Thursday, February 26, 2015

Conservatives, Liberals, and the Fight for America’s Future

Conservatives, Liberals, and the Fight for America’s Future, by Jim Wallis

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing. —attributed to Edmund Burke 

The 24/ 7 news coverage today, especially on radio, cable, and the internet blogosphere, doesn’t really “cover” the news but rather fuels the audience’s already-held prejudices about what is happening.   Wallis, Jim (2013-08-15). Conservatives, Liberals, and the Fight for America's Future (Ebook Shorts) (Kindle Locations 72-74). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

. We’ve lost our integrity in the public arena, substituting ideological warfare for genuine and rigorous political debate, replacing substance with sound bites.  Wallis, Jim (2013-08-15). Conservatives, Liberals, and the Fight for America's Future (Ebook Shorts) (Kindle Locations 76-77). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

The best big conservative idea is personal responsibility.  Wallis, Jim (2013-08-15). Conservatives, Liberals, and the Fight for America's Future (Ebook Shorts) (Kindle Locations 83-84). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

Talent is what you have, effort is what makes you succeed.  Wallis, Jim (2013-08-15). Conservatives, Liberals, and the Fight for America's Future (Ebook Shorts) (Kindle Location 89). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

The best big liberal idea is social responsibility.  Wallis, Jim (2013-08-15). Conservatives, Liberals, and the Fight for America's Future (Ebook Shorts) (Kindle Location 136). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

Hubert Humphrey expressed it well: “Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.”  Wallis, Jim (2013-08-15). Conservatives, Liberals, and the Fight for America's Future (Ebook Shorts) (Kindle Locations 138-139). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

Good Samaritan gospel parable  Wallis, Jim (2013-08-15). Conservatives, Liberals, and the Fight for America's Future (Ebook Shorts) (Kindle Locations 137-138). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

There is a personal and a social gospel.  Wallis, Jim (2013-08-15). Conservatives, Liberals, and the Fight for America's Future (Ebook Shorts) (Kindle Locations 143-144). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

With some notable exceptions, conservatives mostly missed the civil rights movement, for example, while liberals were at the center of it.  Wallis, Jim (2013-08-15). Conservatives, Liberals, and the Fight for America's Future (Ebook Shorts) (Kindle Locations 164-165). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

Politics seems to be in constant campaign mode now. Our politicians are always running for office, always battling their opponents, always getting ready for the next election. Their political opponents are thought of more as enemies than as colleagues, and working with them is less important than planning how to defeat them next time.  Wallis, Jim (2013-08-15). Conservatives, Liberals, and the Fight for America's Future (Ebook Shorts) (Kindle Locations 253-255). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

Politicians take a problem and do two things with it. First, they try to make people in the public arena afraid of the problem. Then they try to blame the problem on the other political side.  Wallis, Jim (2013-08-15). Conservatives, Liberals, and the Fight for America's Future (Ebook Shorts) (Kindle Locations 258-260). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

Jon Stewart, “I disagree with you, but I’m pretty sure you’re not Hitler.”  Wallis, Jim (2013-08-15). Conservatives, Liberals, and the Fight for America's Future (Ebook Shorts) (Kindle Locations 334-335). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

What size the government should be is the wrong question. A more useful discussion would be about the purposes of government and whether ours is fulfilling them or not.  Wallis, Jim (2013-08-15). Conservatives, Liberals, and the Fight for America's Future (Ebook Shorts) (Kindle Locations 394-395). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

[the New Testament about the role and purposes of government.] Paul says those purposes are twofold: to restrain evil by punishing evildoers and to serve peace and orderly conduct by rewarding good behavior.  Wallis, Jim (2013-08-15). Conservatives, Liberals, and the Fight for America's Future (Ebook Shorts) (Kindle Locations 407-408). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.


the GI Bill and FHA (the Federal Housing Authority) made a big and positive difference in the lives of our families and so many others by educating fathers and making first family homes possible after our dads came home from World War II. Most people who have Medicare are very happy with it, and Social Security rescued an older generation from poverty.  Wallis, Jim (2013-08-15). Conservatives, Liberals, and the Fight for America's Future (Ebook Shorts) (Kindle Locations 671-673). Baker Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.

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