The Power of Iron Sharpening Iron
Plain and simple and to the point: This "Blogosphere", this intangible universe of thoughts, complaints, praises, and admonitions, is showing itself to be relevant and valid in this modern world of "info on demand". In 2 to 3 minutes, I can access any preferred news sources or blogs and find out what's what, what really matters, what people are talking about, and how I should interact with it all. Keeping this in mind, it is with great anticipation, and not a little anxiety, that I find myself here at Rational Nation USA. It is here, at blogs like this, that normal, common-sense, and rational Americans can opine and reflect, learn, debate, be challenged, and hopefully grow into their own skins, politically speaking. During a phone conversation with Les, I commented to him that I espouse the concept of "iron sharpening iron", and with his invitation to become a contributor here, I avail myself to be as a kind of ideological iron, in the hopes of...