'In The News' Category
Why does Mississippi have a problem with gay students?
First it was a young lady who wanted to attend her senior prom and now it’s a young lady who just wanted to appear in her yearbook. It started with Constance McMillen, an honor student from Mississippi who happens to be a lesbian, wanted to attend her senior prom with her date. Her school refused [...]
Why I Hate College Sports
Now that the Division I college basketball tournament is over, I can tell you why I hate college sports. Actually, I don’t hate all college sports, I just hate NCAA Division I sports. These programs represent the exact opposite of what a college should represent. A college is supposed to be about academics. These athletic [...]
A Dispute is Resolved
South Talpatti Island emerged from the Bay Of Bengal in 1970. Almost immediately, India and Bangladesh each claimed sovereignty over this small uninhabited island because of suspected oil or natural gas beneath the island. They each produced reports showing that a channel went this way or another channel was at this depth each trying to [...]
Killer Jewelry From China
Once again, products coming from China are found to contain a deadly poison. In this case it is inexpensive children’s jewelry sold at Walmart’s and Claire’s which has been found to contain cadmium which is being used as a cheap replacement for lead which has been outlawed. The normal replacement metal used is zinc, but [...]
A Little Bathroom Reading?
We all like to keep something to read in the bathroom. Maybe a copy of Good Housekeeping, Redbook, or Cosmopolitan. Or maybe a a three day old copy of the Daily News. Whatever it is, it’s usually something you can pick up and browse through while you are… thinking. Anyway, it is fairly unlikely that [...]
Be Not Afraid
When it was announced that some of the criminals involved in the World Trade Center attack on 9/11 were going to be tried in New York City, I was thrilled. This is exactly where they should be tried. Just as Timothy McVeigh was tried in Oklahoma City, these animals should be tried at the scene [...]
And the difference is…
I stole this from Glenn Greenwald because it is too funny. A thuggish dictator crushing democracy — Washington Post, February 16, 2009 Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez won a referendum Sunday to eliminate term limits, paving the way for him to rule far into the 21st century to carry out his socialist transformation of this oil-rich [...]
Bill O’Reilly – Murderer?
On Tuesday May 4, 1886, at the Haymarket Square in Chicago, a policeman was killed when a bomb was thrown during a labor protest. The identity of the bomb thrower was never discovered but five men who had organized the rally and spoke of the need for the protesters to defend themselves were tried and [...]
Twitterific!
If you are like me, you have been wondering what the good is of Twitter. Today I have discovered two amazing uses that have convinced me that Twitter is exactly what the world needs! First – You have been worrying about that zombie attack, right? Well, if you live in Boston have no fear if [...]
My Senator and Torture
My senator, Chuck Schumer, has often spoken out against torture committed by the Bush administration. But recently he clarified this view with the “what if the guy knows where the atomic bomb is” logic. It is this logic that the Bush administration used to justify torture in the first place. It may not have been [...]
