by Drick Boyd | Mar 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
Last May my daughter graduated from college. Because of the recession, she has not been able to find a full time job. In October she caught a virus (not H1N1 gratefully) and had to go to a hospital emergency room. She had no health insurance. As a single person with...
by Drick Boyd | Mar 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
During our recent trip to Atlanta, my wife and I took the better part of a morning to tour the Carter Center and Library, the presidential library dedicated to preserving the memory of Jimmy Carter’s presidency. What both amazed and troubled us was the current...
by Drick Boyd | Feb 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
For folks who might not have time to read this whole blog here is the short version: urge your representative in Congress to repeal the Tiahrt Amendment. Let me explain why.On February 20, Heeding God’s Call held a peaceful demonstration in front of The Shooter Shop...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
There was a time when politicians of both major parties talked about the poor. While they had different philosophies as to the causes of and solutions to poverty, they fell all over themselves and each other to convince the public that they cared about the needs of...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
It has been just over a year since I, along with eleven others, were arrested for our direct action against Colisimo’s Gun Shop. We had focused on Colisimo’s because ATF statistics had indicated that his shop was a major source of illegal guns used in crimes. As it...
by Drick Boyd | Jan 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
For the past several days the attention of much of the world has been fixated on the devastation and suffering of the Haitian people. The images coming to us via the media have been heartbreaking, as have the stories of people in this country concerned for the...
