Minnowspeaks Weblog

My family used to sit around the dinner table and discuss social and political issues.  Often my older sister would try to bait my parents with questions like: What would you do if one of us came home pregnant?  It was a way to explore the world and get advice without asking for it directly.  As a result of my teen years I tended to debate with my friends in college without understanding that they were confused when I switched sides from one day to the next or became passionate about any given issue.  (Discussions were often loud and emotional at our dinner table).  One well meaning friend in college once taped a quote to my dorm room door that said, “It is better to debate a question without answering it than to answer a question without debating it.”  I still think that way.  I also have some strong opinions and think we have plenty to talk about if we bother to quit staring at ourselves in the mirror long enough to see the world.  So I write this blog and invite comments and hope it helps.