Thursday, May 3, 2018

A Pungent Confession

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"Baby bump" is a stupid term and I think less of people who use it.
Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Archaeological News

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Ancient 'secret church' where Christians may have worshiped to escape Roman persecution 2,000 years ago discovered in former ISIS-he...

Social Engineering is the Opposite of Freedom

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Fortunately, the canny can confound it. Whisky shops in England braced for Scottish booze cruisers as minimum alcohol pricing hits Scott...

[Not a] Newsflash: Teens are Sneaky

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I raised four and taught 4000, so this isn't a surprise.  Heck, when I was in high school we had a designated smoking area behind the sc...

It Makes the State into the Parent, Thus Removing the Burden of Individual Responsibility for...Anything

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Seriously, What Is The New Love Affair With Socialism All About? The average American family has more food, leisure, and access to shelter...
Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Before I Forget, Something for May Day

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An Obituary of Note: James Cone

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James H. Cone, 79, Founder of Black Liberation Theology, Dies Cone's  A Black Theology of Liberation (1970) was a must-read book back...

A Pungent Observation

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Paganism is still with us.  It's found in the narcissism of the Age of the Selfie.  Instead of spirits, sprites, and ghoulies, the curre...

Yet, I Still Miss Australia

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Stinky fruit has led to the evacuation of a university library in Melbourne's Central Business District When I was there I saw a spide...

I Was Waiting for the Media to Report on It, So "No"

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Did You Know the Greatest Two-Year Global Cooling Event Just Took Place?
Monday, April 30, 2018

On This Date 43 Years Ago, My Military Career was Altered

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The Fall of Saigon

A Fun Summer Activity for the Whole Family

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How to make a message in a bottle

The Apocalypse, It Comes

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Abba to release first new material in 35 years [An embarrassing admission: I always found "Waterloo" to be catchy and I sometime...

For Some, "Celebrating Diversity" is Merely a Pretty Expression That One Uses to Signal Virtue

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Mostly white parents don't want "low-income" children in their Upper West Side school. The most liberal new priest I knew [i...
Sunday, April 29, 2018

Another Misplaced Warning

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A leader in The Episcopal Church told us of this "hate crime" the other day, offering it as an example of the Trump-encouraged ant...
Saturday, April 28, 2018

Not the Next Harry Potter Novel, Fortunately

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Needlehooks: Alfie

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This Is The Real Reason Britain Won’t Release Alfie Evans To Italy This whole story is heartbreaking, infuriating, and puzzling.  I'm ...

More from the Institutional Bughouse

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Emotional support animals proliferate at Yale Combined with this story from the other day , I'm beginning to question the health of th...

Yes, It's Ohio. Time to Move Back Home

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New Yorkers are flocking to this Midwest sanctuary

Not Just Canada's

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How Canada’s Cult of the Noble Savage Harms Its Indigenous Peoples