One of the near-death experience truths is that each person integrates their near-death experience into their own pre-existing belief system. Sometimes a little near death experience helps put things in perspective. I gathered responses of Banter Republicans who have cheated death. Grab a chair.  David - A routine Friday turned chaotic at New Haven junction … Continue reading Near Death

If you lose faith, you lose all. The difference between faith and insanity is that faith is the ability to hold firmly to a conclusion that is incompatible with the evidence, whereas insanity is the ability to hold firmly to a conclusion that is incompatible with the evidence.  Faith is like WiFi. It’s invisible but … Continue reading A Little Bit of Faith

I’m not even on drugs, I’m just weird. Sometimes I get so weird, I freak myself out. My best friend is so strange, she talks to herself and she always answers back. If you stumble, make it part of your dance. That time you enjoyed wasting is not wasted time.  You deserve someone who bites … Continue reading Doctor Strange 

Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. You know you’re addicted when you misplace things like…a decade. I was always the black sheep and then I started going to meetings and found the rest of the herd. They were hideous. Is it just me or are all … Continue reading Road to Recovery

A good lawyer knows the law; a clever one takes the judge to lunch. The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind, the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian (me) all the stupidity. Being a lawyer is easy. It's flying like a bird, but you don't have wings.  Only lawyers and painters can turn white … Continue reading Lawyering Up