a compassionate new year's resolution

The turning of a new year, not to mention a decade, usually makes us reflect a bit one the one just behind us, and often prompts some soul-searching on how we can improve on it.

As far as new year's resolutions go, I seem to have had the same basic rotation the past few years, and am bringing most of them with me into 2010 as well: I want to spend more time in prayer and reflection on the Bible, read more books rather than just online content, and of course workout more.  I can, however, say that I brush my teeth with more regularity than I used to (only after extensive, and expensive, dental work done this Summer)!

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Chicago and foie gras

I apologize for being more than a month late with this post.  But on May 14th Chicago repealed a ban prohibiting foie gras from being in served in restaurants, a ban put in place by the City Council in April, 2006 under the guidance of Alderman Joe Moore.  Having spent most of my life in the Chicago area, including four years downtown while in college, this story interests me, and angers me, on a number of levels.

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