During the four years that marked President Barack Obama’s first term in office, the real median income of American households dropped by $2,627 and the number of people in poverty increased by approximately 6,667,000, according to data released Tuesday by … Continue reading
A reader asked me if, in the context of our free will, that bad philosophy has the potential to push people toward madness or psychosis. Absolutely. Actually, people drowning in madness and psychosis are, by definition, drowning in mistaken or … Continue reading
Here’s the emerging profile on Aaron Alexis, the shooter du jour, this time at the Washington Naval Yard in Washington D.C., where 12 people died in a murder spree. Alexis, 34, is reported to have used guns in moments of … Continue reading
Dr. Keith Ablow, a media psychiatrist, recently wrote some interesting comments about married people’s attitudes towards marriage: Marriage is so suffocating for so many people that it makes millions of people wish they could hit ‘rewind’ on their lives and … Continue reading
A reader asks: Do we have a responsibility to help our parents out as they age because they raised us and helped us become adults? I know you don’t subscribe to an ethical system of self-sacrifice, and wonder where you … Continue reading
Conclusion of yesterday’s column. In a strange way, the subjectivist view could be considered on the route to reason and rationality. A rational outlook, unlike the subjectivist one, insists that the facts of reality are what they are, and they … Continue reading
A reader comments: Unfortunately, most people who believe in God have never bothered, and are probably afraid, to define ‘God.’ A word like that, left undefined, is, I think, a very destructive thing over time. After many years of not … Continue reading
Conclusion of yesterday’s column. Wisdom and Age Does wisdom have anything to do with age? Not all elderly people are considered wise, but many are. And by virtue of being old, an elderly person usually has the benefit of the … Continue reading
‘He’s wise.’ This means, perhaps, having knowledge one is not expected to have. As in: wise beyond one’s years. Sometimes you’ll observe the following about a person: ‘He’s highly intelligent. But he’s not very wise.’ Or, ‘He lacks common sense, … Continue reading
The number of workers employed by the government went up 324,000 between July and August while the number of workers in the private sector declined 278,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Isn’t this a problem? Why aren’t … Continue reading
IBM plans to give about 110,000 retirees payments to buy coverage on a government-run health insurance exchange rather than continuing to provide benefits through its own company-sponsored health plan. The company says the growing cost of healthcare is making its … Continue reading
Rep. Kerry Bentivolio of Michigan, a Vietnam War veteran who also served in the last Iraq conflict, gave his reasons for opposing Obama’s proposed military attack on Syria. “What has been happening in Syria is truly a human tragedy. The … Continue reading