When we come across memes like the one shown here, our immediate instincts tell us that this is satire, that it’s meant to entertain with its sheer absurdity. Unfortunately, that’s not the case here. Here’s the Amazon page for Donald …
When we come across memes like the one shown here, our immediate instincts tell us that this is satire, that it’s meant to entertain with its sheer absurdity. Unfortunately, that’s not the case here. Here’s the Amazon page for Donald …
Here’s a woman who realized to her horror that her “pro-life” position on abortion was likely going to kill her. It didn’t take her too long to figure out that the Republicans’ ban, regardless of rape, incest, or the woman’s …
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It’s said that there are two different groups of people that constitute human civilization: Those who care about all the issues that affect other people, simply because of their basic human compassion and empathy, and Those who begin to care …
Yesterday, I spent a few hours with an old high school chum I hadn’t seen in 50 years. I recalled him as a fairly uninspired student, and he’d be the first to admit I was right. But we happened to …
Prager “University” is not a learning institution, but a conservative advocacy group. The meme here makes a very typical, provocative claim. An alternative viewpoint is that any aspect of life in a civilized society that is “killed” by empathy, compassion, …
During our trip to Mexico, my wife and I were the victims of one of their infamous police “shake-downs,” where those driving cars with U.S. license plates are pulled over, told they had run a stop sign (or committed some …
In arguing about the existence of God, people have invoked a great number of different lines of reasoning. For my money, the idea that morality cannot exist without God and the threat of eternal punishment is perhaps the lamest of …
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This is funny, but it makes an important point: it’s wrong to throw away things that have value to other people. When the intensity of my business career vanished about a decade ago, I gave away four suits, and at …
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Here are some useful tips about book covers. My first two books were #1 Amazon best-sellers in their respective categories, meaning that they both sold a few hundred or perhaps a thousand copies on a certain day. Needless to say, …