Defending Home-Schoolers
It’s articles like this one (written in May 2004) that set my blood to boiling and bring out the debater within me. If I were better at logic, I should like to be an apologist for home education. As it is, I will content myself with refuting this inflammatory drivel point by point. Do read the article […]
And We Wonder Why Our Society Is In Trouble
This story shows exactly why our society is in the mess it’s in. And so, for that matter, does this one. We have completely lost our sense of personal responsibility. I mean, completely. But let me start with a more personal example of taking personal responsibility. Twenty-four years ago, I was walking home from school […]
Guinness Bothers Me
And no, I don’t mean the stout. If I have to drink beer, please make it a Guinness. Perferably an extra stout, but I’ll settle for the regular if extra isn’t available. No, it’s the world record people. Not that I mind making note of who is the fastest mile-runner or the longest word in […]
I Thought the Ticket Was Obama vs. McCain?
Hey, everyone! Despite the media focus on Sarah Palin, guess what? The Presidential campaign is OBAMA vs. MCCAIN. One of those two will be living and working in the White House. Biden and Palin are the go-alongers. (Funny how we haven’t really heard all that much about Biden in the blogosphere or the media.) Either […]
Y’all Need to Lay Off Sarah Palin!
I’m really fed up with these people who are saying that just because Sarah Palin has young children at home, she should not accept the nomination to be Vice President of the United States? Would they say the same if her husband had been named as McCain’s running mate and Sarah was just gonna be […]
Poor Sports in the World Arena
So what about this Swedish wrestler? (Story) I thought the Olympics was all about good sportsmanship. Guess I was mistaken. Apparently we Americans haven’t cornered the market on bad manners after all. He got the medal, interrupted the award for the next medalist to shake hands, and then walked off the podium, pulling his own […]
What Is WRONG With Parents?
Another infant has died because she was left in a car. In 100-degree weather. Most tragic is that many of these people “forgot” that their child was in the car. When the temp outside is 100, the temp inside of a car can exceed 150 degrees in less than 15 minutes. Most kids who die […]
Seven-Year-Old Traffic Cop
You just gotta love this story. I’d love to hug this kid, and deposit money in his college fund for every speeder he’s caught. (‘cept I’m broke.) You have to wonder why the real cops aren’t taking advantage of this. Heck, let the kid give them traffic citations—he’d probably get a huge kick out of […]
Screwing the Consumer
It’s got to be tough to be a corporate executive nowadays. Costs are skyrocketing; consumers rebel against price increases because their paychecks and budgets are not skyrocketing, and the corporate exec is caught in the middle. I follow a website called Mouse Print, which reveals the sneaky ways that comapnies cheat consumers.I’ve stopped using a […]
Remembering 11 September 2001
Eight years ago today, the United States was attacked by foreign enemies who had been harboured on her own soil, learning the skills that they needed to enact their appalling acts of violence and being supported by the freedoms and abundances of a great, if imperfect, nation. At that time, I worked as communications director […]
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