On my post highlighting the Best Dads in TV and Film , a couple of my friends pointed out that I had missed one of the most obvious candidates: Coach Eric Taylor of Friday Night Lights . They’re right, it’s a glaring oversight considering that Taylor could take the top spot in a number . . . . Continue Reading »
Sign of the times of the day: Forget Botox for 8-year-olds or push-up bras for 12-year-olds . A dance studio in the British midlands is offering pole-dancing classes for children as young as 3. In the “Little Spinners” class at the Make Me Fabulous Dance Studio in Northhampton, little . . . . Continue Reading »
[Note: Since Father’s Day is Sunday and Friday is pop culture day on First Thoughts, I thought it be appropriate to resurrect this post from last summer.] Father’s Day isn’t until Sunday, but it’s never too early to appreciate good ol’ dad. Here are several categories . . . . Continue Reading »
“As long as people shape their identity from this sense of being a victim in the past, it’s difficult to move forward, and we inflict suffering upon ourselves and possibly upon others. I think Buddhists can give Christians a reminder of values in our own tradition and give a . . . . Continue Reading »
Secondhand Smokette and I are heading to our youngest nephew’s high school graduation, and then taking another nephew on a quick trip to Europe. However, while SHS posting will slow, don’t wander away. I’m taking my laptop and will try to check in from time to time. I might . . . . Continue Reading »
This is pretty much recycled from this channel. But the relevance is greater now than when it was written. . . . . Continue Reading »
Earlier this week I was talking to an elderly gentleman, a successful healthcare lawyer and college professor, who told me that the worst advice his grandfather ever gave him was “Own your own home.” The fact that my friend had recently sold his house at a 25 percent loss may have soured . . . . Continue Reading »
An academic friend writes an interesting response to my Particular Loves, in this Life and the Next : I think about these things too, and you’ve put all of it very well indeed. There is another column that could be written about the peculiarly private grief involved in losing a beloved pet, a . . . . Continue Reading »
I believe that an animal welfare analysis of chimp research would preclude all but the most serious experiments. But limited experimentation should be permitted to continue in the cause of preventing and alleviating serious human suffering.Nature has a piece out describing the stakes in the . . . . Continue Reading »
Bloomberg Businessweek notes that many of the men who trained to be Mormon missionaries have gone on to become among the most distinguished persons in American business and civic life: For one to three months (depending on the language challenge ahead), their days begin at 6:30 a.m. and end at . . . . Continue Reading »
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