Two versions of the American dream now stand in sharp contrast. One views the money you earned as yours and best allocated by you. It champions the traditional American dream, which has played out millions of times through generations of Americans, of improving one’s lot in life and the entrepreneurial spirit of daring to dream and to build big. The other believes that the federal government, using taxpayers’ money, should play a major role in leveling out the nation’s wealth to guarantee outcomes to all, regardless of effort. How America chooses between these two views of the role of government, at this crucial juncture, will have everything to do with the future we and our children and our children’s children will enjoy. http://www.colleenhammond.com/politics/new-obama-movie-i-want-your-money-in-theaters-october-15th/
We need a sweeping revalorization of the trades. The pressuring of middle-class young people into officebound, paper-pushing jobs is cruelly shortsighted. http://www.colleenhammond.com/family-life/giving-new-value-to-trade-jobs/
How can we use life's trials to make us humble? How can we receive all crosses and all trials as warnings that God gives us to humble ourselves beneath His hand? "Be you humbled, therefore, beneath the mighty hand of God." (I. Pet. 5:6) http://www.colleenhammond.com/catholics/how-can-trials-bring-us-virtue-and-closeness-to-god/