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How We Can All Just Get Along 19 May 2013 | 07:08 pm
By now anyone who has read more than a couple of my blog posts knows that I hold religion, all religion, in contempt. I especially detest Christianity and Islam because they are proselytizing religion...
What's Really Wrong with Education? 27 Apr 2013 | 01:36 am
The powers that be keep trying to fix the education system in America and it isn't even broken. Sure, there are improvements that could be made. But the problem we are having with education isn't the ...
It's NOT News, Folks! 17 Apr 2013 | 12:58 am
There is no denying that the Boston bombings are news - big news. But not everything that can be said about the bombings is news. And, like with every other big story, the TV news media kicked into ov...
From My Cold Dead Hands? 6 Apr 2013 | 06:14 pm
Our struggle in this country to limit and control citizen weaponry has taken a turn to the right over the years. Back when Nixon was president (and he was a Republican, remember) his administration wa...
Skim Milk Marriage? 28 Mar 2013 | 07:13 pm
I think Justice Ruth Ginsburg's depiction of gay marriage in this country as a sort of "skim milk marriage" was quite compelling. There are nine states that permit gay couples to marry. But are they r...
What is the Role of Government? 28 Mar 2013 | 05:52 pm
The most divisive of philosophical debates in this country can be reduced to one basic issue: What is the role of government? I believe government has three roles, all of which are protective in natur...
Vastness of Universe Means No God and No Video Game 5 Mar 2013 | 06:05 am
Something curious happened as we humans gained insight and understanding of our world, our universe, and our existence over the past few thousand years. Two or three millennia ago it was perfectly nat...
End of a (Web) Era 10 Feb 2013 | 03:03 am
I started my Web page in 1997. I bought my first domain name, Wilstar.net, in 1998. A year or so later, Wilstar.com became available so I bought it as well, which had been my original first choice. Wi...
USA for Africa or America? 3 Feb 2013 | 01:37 am
Charity is a good thing. Most people who can afford it give to one or more of their favorite charities. Corporations can also be quite magnanimous that way. Tom's shoes is a company that was actually ...
If the Shooting of Kids doesn't Cause Change, Nothing Will 15 Dec 2012 | 11:38 pm
This time it's much different. We've had mass shootings many times over the past few years and all of them were tragic. But this time most of the victims were innocent little kids - and a lot of them....
