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  • Don’t Let the Door Hit You…. November 4, 2015

    Well, that was a pleasant surprise, at least for me… Issue three, the marijuana initiative sponsored by the greedy and backed by the potheads went down to defeat in Ohio. I am surprised that there were that many good and decent people left in Ohio to vote this thing down. Now, you people, yes you…

  • Do You Relate? … November 1, 2015

    There is more to relating than simply understanding the spoken or written word. There is more to relating than simply understanding the message. The intent and attitude behind the words is also part of relating. The concepts, the ideals expressed… the morality. It is true that the written word is less capable of relating than…

  • Human Inhumanity … September 27, 2015

    Despite the fact that humans possess the capacities of sympathy and empathy and the resultant compassion there have been and continue to be atrocities committed by humans on humans. How do these humans continue to function knowing what they are doing to their fellow human being. The answer seems to be a disconnect. If you…

  • The Expendability Factor … September 20, 2015

    Just finished watching a documentary about WWII. It proposed the possibility that FDR knew about the impending attack of Japan upon Pearl Harbor in Hawaii and not only that but had taken steps previously to provoke the Japanese into attacking. Over 2000 men died at Pearl Harbor. If the documentary was correct and there was…

  • Sometimes All We Have to go on Is a Gut Feeling… August 9 2015

    “Are emotions irrelevant to morality? If you have a gut instinct that something is wrong, is it really wrong, or is the emotion just an echo of what you believe, rather than what is real? Is not intuition in fact simply an emotional response? Does this mean that intuition should be disregarded? I imagine many…

  • The Social Animal …. July 12, 2015

    It is clear that the need to socialize, the need to have a cohesive group of people to belong to, also renders people within the group susceptible to manipulation. It makes the individual gullible and accepting of errant ideology just for the sake of being part of the group. Initially this desire to belong developed…

  • A Misanthrope’s Rant …. April 27, 2015

    The stereotypical man is usually perceived as the protector, the courageous defender, the provider. As a result of the way society treats its males, this model, this stereotype, has become obsolete. There is a definite anti-male slant in Western society. The laws, the courts, and public opinion of men as a whole has degraded. To…

  • Abortion Revisited… April 20, 2015

    Back in January I wrote about my world vision asking the reader if they were possibly in agreement and therefore compatible. Here is what I wrote: I feel very strongly that abortion should be available as a safe and legal surgical procedure. It should be used sparingly for well-defined reasons… 1. Rape. No woman should…

  • Objective Morality … April 13, 2015

    Many liberals as well as Conservatives have asserted that Islamic countries mistreat their women and also that they enforce a style of justice that is barbaric. Conservatives believe in a god for the most part. Their god provides for them a basis from which they feel morally obligated to tell Islamic countries that they should…

  • The Human Species is a Disgrace … April 6, 2015

    The fact that the human species is a disgrace is not debatable. There are many facets to this issue. It is why the human species is a disgrace, not if. Of all the species on this world, humans are the most advanced intellectually. They can ponder, consider, decide a course of action. They have the…