When I first began my personal blog, first off, I had intended to write much more often. I had also intended to include posts from all areas of my life I consider important - God, family, music, food, politics (probably in that order of importance) - in one blog. I later realized there are some among family and friends who wish to avoid the political stuff, and might not have an interest in reading my blog at all if I were to lump it all together.
While I disagree with that stance, knowing that politicians of all parties and at all levels won't avoid doing things that affect you just because you wish to avoid them, I tried to think of a way to respect those who don't wish to be inundated with the politics and see what's on my mind in other areas. As far as the religious aspect, which others have also mentioned wanting to avoid, I can't take God out of any aspect of my life, as He gave it all to me. My political beliefs stem simply from the belief that no person has the right to violate the God given rights of another. Not the President, the Congress, the Courts, your state or local officials or your neighbor. My family is a great gift, bit God is the Giver Who blessed me with them. Music and food are tremendous gifts that sustain the body, but it is God Who sustains my soul. So there will be religious talk in my "compartmentalized" blogs, but I plan to have multiple ones under my Google Blogger account, and will introduce them here as I create them.
This leads me to the first introduction. Those who know my political leanings know I yearn for a massively decentralized government compared to what I have now. I am also a contributing blogger for the New Jersey and national chapters of the Tenth Amendment Center. There are, however, some issues they don't quite cover on their site, which I feel still merit discussion through the lens of state and local solutions. And so, it is with great pleasure that I introduce my political blog, Ben Tenther, soon to be filled with political postings galore.
