Pull Tight

Being of a certain age, I wake frequently in the night.  Until the past few months, I would fall asleep again quickly.  Now when I wake, unanswered questions and disturbing thoughts keep me awake, sometimes for hours. In no particular order, some of the following contribute to my insomnia. Why are the most intolerant people I know also the ones who profess to be the most religious? If you want to find homophobes, racists, xenophobes, etc. look to your friends, acquaintances, and relatives who are most devout.  These same people wonder why the fastest growing religious belief is none at all.  They should look in the mirror or listen to themselves. And why do the same religious groups attract the very ones being castigated? If you have black or brown skin and end up in the afterlife next door to a white supremacist, what now? Why do so many think the remedy for gun violence is more guns in the hands of more people? If only the kindergarten students at Sandy Hook had been car

" An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral. And the advance of man's knowledge is a greater miracle than all the sticks turned to snakes or the parting of the waters."  Henry Drummond character in play Went to see a production of Inherit the Wind this afternoon in Dallas.  This production has parts played by different genders and races than the original production of the 1950s giving it a very modern feel.  With a minimalist set and characters dressed in current attire, it doesn't seem dated. Another very good play by the Dallas Theater Center.  If you enjoy a good drama that makes you think, it shouldn't be missed. Play is based on the Scopes Trial from 1925 in a small Tennessee town.  The trial concerned a high school teacher accused of violating Tennessee law by teaching the theory of evolution in a high school science class.  If you happen to not be familiar with the trial, look it up.  It was quite the story of the time.