Most rational people wouldn’t consider running for a prominent political office for fear of what would happen to their reputations. Their worries are well-founded. That is why so many people would never run for office, which serves to filter out the best and brightest potential candidates. This filtering process endangers our…
“Thou shalt not kill” (often translated as “You shall not murder”) has outlived its usefulness. It’s time to repeal this Commandment. Better yet, we should rewrite it to reflect society’s true moral policy regarding human conduct that causes death. Rewrite it as: “You may act in such a way that…
According to this article in Media Matters, Editor and Publisher have painstakingly gathered data to determine what types of columnists are being published in what markets. The results demonstrate a strong conservative bias in most newspapers. Here are some of the results from the Executive Summary of the study: Sixty percent…
Here's an interview with journalist Lisa Guernsey, the author of a new book on this multi-faceted topic of television and young children. Her book is titled Into the Minds of Babes: How Screen Time Affects Children from Birth to Age Five. Guernsey was asked about Baby Einstein (I previously discussed this product at…
Here's yet another incarnation of Brownie: Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters. As indicated in this Salon.com article writer Katharine Mieszkowski wrote that Peters recently complained that the Minnesota bridge collapsed because frivolous things like bike paths are siphoning too much of the transportation budget. On PBS's NewsHour, Peter's argued that projects like…