Think Outside the Box And Speak Up!
These columns are designed to get readers to think outside the box on issues of crime and justice, to ponder new possibilities for dealing with crime and to meet new people you might otherwise never come in contact with.
Some of my columns elicit kind words, some spark angry comments and still others introduce me to people who amaze me.
On my column about Tiger Woods being in a cage of his own making, reader Karen Kennemer wrote, “Its time there was some outrage over the behavior of our “celebrities”… it’s time to stop worshiping the ground they walk on. We have to stop idolizing the people who entertain us.” [click to continue…]
by Diane on December 20, 2009
All American Family Man? Hardly!
Everyone is talking about Tiger Woods these days – even the nice man who drove me to the airport the other afternoon. He and I had an in-depth conversation about how an icon like Woods, described in the past as an All-American family man and the greatest golfer the world has ever seen, could have fallen so far so fast.
My opinion? That Woods had to be profoundly arrogant to think he could act so badly and expect silent loyalty from those involved. Woods, I concluded, must lack the character and the integrity that we were all led to believe he possessed. How could we all be so fooled?
My conversation partner seemed to think the story was really a private matter between a husband and wife and it was the media churning up controversy. Besides, he said, “Isn’t integrity and character the same thing – what’s the difference?” [click to continue…]
