Drew Downs

Make a New Normal

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  • Being a journalist has got to be hard.  Nasty emails and public trashing because, heaven forbid, you write a piece that doesn’t come off as some lukewarm non-story of two babbling idiots yelling at each other: particularly when your area of coverage is DC or the state capitols where those red-faced blowhards are your regular…

  • Welcome to the world number 7,000,000,000!  Now wait a second… oh!  7,000,000,001!  Wait a few more seconds…There’s 7,000,002!  Congratulations new babies, families, and all!  This happy and joyous occasion!  We can ignore the suffering for a little while, anyway! There are a few things that surprise me when they don’t hit people in the gut.…

  • I am feeling so much grief about the oil crisis–and I know I’m not the only one. My heart aches for the land… the people… the workers (from the rig and those cleaning up)… the entire ecosystem… the Creator and Life-Giver… and everyone directly and indirectly dependent on the Gulf of Mexico. And the question…