“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
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
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
“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
CNN’s Don Lemon: Here’s All The Ways I’ve Been Harassed Because Of Trump [Daily Wire 6-7-19] He feels PERSONALLY harassed by President Trump (and those who agree with him on anything) because of his views. If you want to know … Continue reading
I try to understand why leftists hate Chick-fil-A so much. It’s not gay marriage. These same leftists defend fundamentalist Islamic regimes like Iran, who throw gays off the roof of buildings. I think it’s the work ethic of the polite … Continue reading
“Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.” — Maria Montessori. It applies to adults, too. We crush people’s spirits when we take over for them. We convey to them, “You can’t do it. … Continue reading
Bubonic Plague ‘Likely’ Already Present In Los Angeles, Dr. Drew Says [Daily Wire 5-31-19] How do you explain this one, snowflakes? The city, with a population topping four million and a broader metropolitan area with many millions more, is awash … Continue reading
I love Andrew Breitbart’s quote, “Walk toward the fire”. I love it because I’m a therapist. That’s what therapists do. Therapists help people take on the “demons”, errors, contradictions or baggage of their own subconscious. In order to resolve a … Continue reading
John Walker Lindh: Anger as ‘American Taliban’ freed. [says a BBC headline] Wow. “Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent” (Adam Smith). Lindh served 17 years of a 20-year sentence after he was captured in 2001 fighting in … Continue reading
When you criticize Michelle Obama, you’re called a racist–merely for criticizing her. When you defend Candace Owens, who is black and banned by Facebook for being conservative, you’re called a racist. I am sick of the irrational, illogical, fundamentally unjust … Continue reading