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Slow Down, Or Take The Blame YourselfBy Paul Hayden December 1, 2025Into December we go! And a winter welcome it is for many of us in the U.S. Cold weather, snow, brisk to blazing winds...brrrrrrrrrr!!! Be careful out there! The news folks said that a heavy and blinding snow squall "caused" the huge pile-up accident involving nearly 50 cars near the Illinois-Indiana border over this weekend. In there somewhere is some faulty reasoning, placing the blame or causation on the snow storm itself, and not on the drivers of the vehicles. Sure, you can have an "accident" where no one is to blame. But not usually. In this case, it was more the fault of the engineers who designed the cars without the ability to stop instantly on absolutely slick surfaces, when the cars were obviously making the drivers drive too fast because they don't have internal regulators to slow them down when the drivers cannot see very far because of the snow. I wonder how the "self-driving" autonomous cars would have fared in these circumstances. How much room should you leave in front of your care when you are going 50-70 miles per hour on a road that you cannot stop on because of snow and ice, especially if you can't see more than a half-mile ahead? Seriously! I find it very, very difficult to feel sorry for anyone in this "accident" pile-up mess, because it is in some ways all of their faults. It makes me wonder why insurance can cover such negligence or even stupidity. And we wonder why insurance rates keep going up... You can go on and on placing the blame on something or someone else. What a mess. The insurance dollars that must now go out, and the wasted time lost for professional drivers and private individuals whose travel plans are disrupted. But if they all just hurry a little bit more, and keep pushing it a little harder, they can get there quicker and have more time to...to what? Just use a little more “uncommon” sense. Slow down! Give it a rest! Take some time to contemplate life during any intentional or unplanned lulls during the coming weeks. Do some reading, write some letters (does anyone do that anymore?), make some calls to loved ones or shut-ins you care about. Make some homemade cookies or bread, with some extra to share with a neighbor. Be at peace, as much as you can. And put your trust in the Lord God, loving Him with your whole heart! Blessings!
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 Paul Hayden is a Christian believer, and an American patriot, necessarily in that order. He is a student of the Bible, and is avidly interested in our role in the context of history, as understood through the heart and eyes of faith. Paul has lived and traveled somewhat widely, and now lives in the heartland of the U.S. (central Illinois), with his wife Donna - they have five grown children. Since December of 2016, he serves as the Editor-in-Chief of www.ConservativeTruth.org."I was raised by a Christian minister, Kenneth Hayden, until his death when I was 10. Then my mom Bonnalee Hunt Hayden married a farmer. So I was raised in a very down-to-earth home. My faith has grown through the years, but both in conjunction with the institutional church and through small groups and individuals, including books as well as group settings, where deep, sincere faith is shared that aligns with Biblical truth."
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