Posts from the ‘Just my humble opinion’ Category
Lincoln’s 1st Inaugural Address in 1861 could’ve been an occasion for the usual bombast or for lambasting the Southerners who had one foot out the door. Instead, Lincoln appealed to “the better angels of our nature.”
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What’s the meaning of words that don’t have any meaning? The answer tends to be, “Whatever you want it to be.” Or something like that.
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A friend was baptized recently, and so we went to a nearby Baptist church for the event. And it was bad. Bad for me, I mean. Other people might have thought it was fabulous, but I’ve been away from these slap-happy churches for too long, and the whole thing … well, it made me sick, [...]
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The perception is that Obama’s supposed compromise on his ill-received HHS ruling amounted to him capitulating to religious opposition. But if he gave in, why do I feel so insulted?
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Heard on an NPR segment yesterday that there are special cell phones for the Orthodox. Orthodox Jews, that is. “The British Rabbinate is now offering kosher certification to cell phones it supports for members of the Ultra-Orthodox community.” They noticed that having access to the internet and texting was a hindrance to their children’s modesty [...]
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Watched a fascinating History Channel program last night on the Kennedy assassination and the flurry of conspiracies that have persisted about it. I found this interesting, because I did get a little caught up in the study of the inconsistencies — courtesy of a silly little do-it-yourself JFK conspiracy “kit” I came across in the [...]
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A little Thursday round-up, since none of these quite merits a post all its own: Global warming setback: polar bears might not be dying: — The scientist who made the polar bear the unofficial poster child from manmade global warming is on leave and being investigated for “scientific misconduct,’in part over the integrity of those [...]
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Happened to read two interesting takes on the whole concept of good manners, and it underscores something I’ve thought modern, “civilized” people should always keep in mind: We’re skating on thin ice if we’re relying on Niceness to keep us out of trouble.
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Just looked over a press release for a parents’ publication that we help put together. The subject line was “Discipline without punishment or rewards: A four-hour workshop led by [So-and-so], PhD.” Four hours? I can do it in five minutes or so, and I don’t have a PhD or a kid.
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