230: Understand the Principles Behind the Moment

Life Matters

In this episode of Life Matters, Commissioner Johnston explores our current culture’s fascination with news. But the word, ‘news’ is actually a reference to immediacy and not necessarily actual meaningful substance: that which is ‘new.’

The word, ‘ephemera’ comes to us from Greek and refers to something that is very briefly lived. Many ephemeral insects literally live their lives in the course of a day or two. They then become food for other insects or animals, most famously the flies eaten by many trout and other fish.

Our cultural fascination with the news, or ephemeral data, can easily distract us from deeper, more enduring, more significant principles that should be guiding us and helping our understanding of life.

Life Matters is dedicated to the latter - exploring and understanding the deep, abiding principles of life and the law, of what really matters regardless of the passing news stories.

Election time is an exception to that. Elections are very narrow moments in time. However the decisions that are made have great long-term impact. There are much more enduring principles and facts that must be brought to bear in those brief days and moments surrounding an election.

Failure to recognize the deeper and more abiding principles is failure to understand the real meaning of elections in a free society.

Brian introduces a listener from Temecula, California who has sent greetings: Mike Garcia (not the CA congressional candidate Mike Garcia). Mr. Garcia comments particularly on the importance, and his enjoyment of, understanding these deeper principles on which Life Matters regularly focuses and equips the listener to address.

Sheila Green, Attorney and Central California Vice President of California Prolife, again joins the program and discusses, in depth, the real significance of Proposition 14 which is being sold to the public as a quick and easy cure-all for any number of serious illnesses. Their assertions are false and the multiple billion dollars that have been wasted have been without any accountability.

Brian closes the latter part of the program by mentioning key congressional races and assembly races in California.

Finally, as this protracted election comes to a close, the integrity of the vote is vitally important. California Prolife Council endorses the work of the Election Integrity Project and Brian mentions how individuals can volunteer to help ensure an honest and honorable vote counting system.