by Wayne Fowler | Nov 27, 2016 | NGN
Selecting the word of the year is a self-assigned role of the Oxford University Press. The word for 2016 is “post-truth,” meaning “objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” In other words, truth is...
by Wayne Fowler | Nov 20, 2016 | NGN
We are a nation divided. National election results are so close to 50-50 that polls cannot predict the outcome. Both sides ask the question, “How can they even conceive of voting for that person?” Americans are frustrated over sharply different philosophies of...
by Wayne Fowler | Nov 13, 2016 | NGN
An off-duty policeman in the city was enjoying his day off. He walked down to the corner coffee shop for a wakeup brew. He glanced around as he was about to enter, and suddenly sprinted to the curb to grab a blind man about to step into traffic. “Thief!” the blind...
by Wayne Fowler | Nov 6, 2016 | NGN
Our cities are in trouble. America’s pathologies are concentrated in its urban centers, evidenced by murder and mayhem, heartbreak and hopelessness, crime and corruption. Politicians don’t seem to be changing anything but I recently heard something that just might. I...
