Mr Schwimmer recently had a post that said, among other points, we should acknowledge the reality of global warming. I’m a fan of the liberal Australian sci-fi writer John Birmingham who has a column called ‘Blunt Instrument’ at the Brisbane Times web site. He also has a blog called ‘Cheeseburgergothic.com,’ which was my source for […]

My sister has three children, one of whom is school aged, and all of whom will be home-schooled. Whatever you may think about topics such as evolution, homosexuality, global warming, history, or literature, her family lives in California and, considering their views on the above topics, it is understandable that she and her husband should […]

Throughout history almost every major civilization has understood that murder is wrong. Whether this comes from religious foundations, or from an intuitive piece of our human understanding, most societies have their own version of “thou shall not kill“. How this actually plays out is a different matter, as in many ways, the story of human […]

From CNBC: French Socialist in Mittal Row: We’re Just Doing What Obama Does Preview Open

NitWitMN and I are looking to meet with the Ricochetti somewhere in Minneapolis-St. Paul on an evening between December 3rd and 8th. NitWitMN is local while I will be in town for Reserve courses. I’d enjoy learning others’ takes on the world situation and enjoy telling yarns about my experience as a conservative public schoolteacher […]

I’ve been thinking that we need better checks on the growing federal power. I think the founding fathers might have supported this simple idea. Proposed constitutional admendment: Any federal law or regulation could be nullified by 2/3 of the states voting to ‘veto’ the bill, either through their legislature or by state referendum? Congressional action […]

In this article Digital Devil’s Dictionary by Ross C. Reeves at American Thinker, the theme is the debasement of the English language in the post modern world. Over the past 100 years, Mephistopheles has been busy enough sowing confusion in all the languages of the world, but especially English. “The English tongue went viral right after […]

The United States has a large number of men and women in the military. Is this good for the American economy?On the one hand, these men and women are earning a paycheck and protecting the avenues of trade. On the other hand, none of them are producing an item of manufacture or providing a service […]

We live in a time in which our guards are up. Pedophilia is a horrible crime in which an adult preys on innocent children — often the children, grandchildren, or other relatives of the perpetrator. There’s a reason other criminals look at them with disdain. I have five children and eight grandchildren. My children are grown […]

Someone I used to be friends with (I ended my involvement with the parish and activities that gave us reason to be in any kind of real proximity with them and have not made any real effort – although more because the parish became Faithless in my eyes and the activities strayed from their purpose) […]