Eventful Day

Yesterday, January 11, was certainly an eventful day in the news. Last week the book, Game Change, found it's way into the news some, but yesterday the news media had their fun with this book.

Supposedly it contains some "juicy" news about a number of politicians who participated in some way in last year's national election. One of the things that came out in this book was a statement made by Senator Harry Reid. Reid was quoted as making what has been deemed as a racial remark about the then candidate for president, Barack Obama. This prompted an apology by Reid and an acceptance of the apology by President Obama. There evidently are stories about a number of other persons that have triggered a lot of flap among the news people. I guess that's what these people like to do. But after I hear their initial flip flap, I'm through listening. I just hope that whatever comes of it all will not hurt those involved anymore than they already have been.

Another event in the news yesterday was the confession by ex-baseball player, Mark McGwire. For a number of years McGwire has denied using steroids while playing in the major leagues, including 1998 when he and Sammy Sosa competed for the most home runs hit in a year. McGwire set the record when he hit 70 home runs, and I think Sosa's final number was 66. Sosa had hit 60 or more three years in a row, and now the sports writers are calling for Sosa to 'fess up too. He continues to deny using steroids at any time. Since I'm a sports fan, and particularly a Chicago Cub fan for whom Sosa played, this story was of interest to me. I guess the end result of steroid use in the majors is still to be determined. Some high profile players are still denying the use of steroids while evidence is present that conflicts with that, and other high profile players have come forward and admitted using these drugs and are still playing. That's that story.

There were other stories in the news yesterday that made it an eventful day, such as that of Sarah Palin being hired by FOX news. The political bias of the news networks is very obvious most of the time. Some try to remain politically neutral but sometimes a bias can be seen anyway.

While I walk the paths of this world and seek to keep informed about the events here, I'm first and foremost a citizen of God's kingdom and my deepest interest is in what is happening there. Perhaps I'll do a blog soon about that. I'm just a

Pilgrim on the way