I recently received the following, with regard to my endorsement of Brights (see the link at the bottom of the right column): "[I'm] not sure about being a Bright though...its not healthy to believe there's a clear answer to everything, or isn't one at all." Because this not the first…
Consider the following people: George is a circuit court judge in a large city. He is well-respected by his peers and highly involved in the community. Karen is an attorney who works as a criminal prosecutor. She is also involved in on the boards of several charitable organizations. Joan is a…
I read the transcript last week, but I hadn't seen the video version until today. If you haven't seen this video yet, I'd highly recommend it. Click here to view it. This speech has become legendary. Dissertations will be written about it. Check out the President's expression starting at about…
The Vatican is going a little too crazy about The Da Vinci Code, it seems. The Vatican’s claim is that the movie is “full of calumnies, offences and historical and theological errors regarding Jesus, the Gospels and the Church.” It would seem that in a work of FICTION, errors of…
I just received a notice from Consumer's Union (publisher of Consumer Reports) that infuriates me. I have to say, though, this USDA proposal is par for the course for this administration. This particular proposal would allow corporations to say that milk is "organic" when it is not. As one of the many people…