Political correctness rules the world! Men and women play in different golf and tennis tournaments because they have biological differences in body strength, coordination, and etc. The distinction isn’t invidious. Rather, it allows like to compete against like, as it were, to give . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s something wrong with this picture: A pilot program has started in NYC that will have organ collectors go to the homes of people who just died of a heart attack to collect the body and harvest kidneys. The motive is to increase the number of transplantable organs. But the approach . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Interlude is another word for stalling. My only daughter is past the due date on his first kid, plus there’s lots of other breaking news in Mount Berry, GA. So a combination of transient ADD and lack of time is delaying indefinitely the next big installment. 2. I’ve been visited by a . . . . Continue Reading »
In todays first On the Square essay, Joe Carter sets up a startling and original juxtaposition between two disparate characters: Ayn Rand’s Howard Roark and Frank Capra’s George Bailey. While for Roark, all roads lead to self-satisfaction, George Bailey . . . . Continue Reading »
The Department of Defense is preparing to officially release the results of its survey on the dont ask, dont tell policy regarding homosexuals serving openly in the military. That is, of course, after someone leaked the results early, probably to try to influence events. The . . . . Continue Reading »
Whenever I’m sent by my wife to the store on “milk & bread” runs, there’s one rule I follow that keeps me from endlessly wandering the fluorescent freezer-aisled jungle: if we need more than three items, I must make a list. I’m unsure of the average human . . . . Continue Reading »
When I first heard that George W. Bush sat down with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for an an interview, I thought “Not for me.” An hour-long video of former president reminiscing about old times sounded deathly dull. But Carmel Lobello ‘s comment intrigued me: “Bush is in . . . . Continue Reading »