“The law of unintended consequences”. The term was popularized in the twentieth century by American sociologist Robert K. Merton. In plain English, it means: When you treat something or someone in a way that goes against his/her/its nature/programming, you get … Continue reading
Fox News: “Trump clarifies comments on foreign ‘dirt,’ says heat should be on Dems for 2016 spying”… So let me get this straight. President Trump should be jailed for what he MIGHT do, with regard to listening to “dirt” on … Continue reading
Wow. For a man who supposedly hates women, President Trump sure has a knack for finding strong women to defend his cause. ‘STONE-COLD KILLER’: Name Of Potential Sarah Sanders Replacement Emerges [from The Daily Wire today] “Stephanie Grisham, the White … Continue reading
I am sorry to see her go. This is one tough, courageous lady. She’s America’s Iron Lady. I can’t imagine what it’s like every day to take on the loathsome, dishonest savages we call “media”. Follow Dr. Hurd … Continue reading
Employees at USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) intend to move from Washington, D.C. to an unspecified area in the Kansas City region by the end of 2019, the Washington Post reports. … Continue reading
“Farage Demands Police Action over BBC Comic Jo Brand’s Battery Acid Joke” [Breitbart headline] A leftist British “comic” wants battery acid thrown on people who oppose the European Union, support lower taxes, rational borders and a strong military. Dissenters will … Continue reading
Cynthia Farahat, a reader of mine and an immigrant from Egypt, wrote the following about the absurdity of “gay pride”: “I was the first person in 100 million people to draft institutional bylaws against persecuting and harassing members of the … Continue reading
Biden calls President Trump an “existential threat”. You mean like…paying Iran to build a nuclear bomb? Or imposing Obamacare? Or economy-crushing taxation and regulation? Or gutting the military? Or telling entrepreneurs “you didn’t build that”? OK. I get it. You … Continue reading
I don’t get the concept of “gay pride”. The same applies for any form of racial or ethnic pride — black pride, Hispanic pride, Italian-American pride, and all the rest. You don’t choose your race. You don’t choose your sexual … Continue reading
Masterpiece Cakeshop is again under fire, now the subject of a THIRD discrimination lawsuit alleging that owner Jack Phillips “discriminated” against a customer by refusing to make a cake for an unspecified event. Phillips, of course, won at the United … Continue reading
A Psychology Today article asks: Why Is It Hard When Friends Disapprove of Our Relationships? Basically, the article argues that approval from family members matters. As one example, research found that members of same-sex relationships, when and if they obtain … Continue reading
“When the truth offends, we lie and lie until we can no longer remember that it’s even there, but it is STILL there. Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid. … Continue reading