There is SO much stupidity in the world. Yet the world, remarkably, goes on. That’s why I’m an optimist, not a pessimist. The key to understanding it: The competent, the thoughtful and the capable, while a minority, matter more than … Continue reading
If food stamps are needed to keep people from starving, then why are the 2.5 million households OFF food stamps (under Trump) NOT starving? It seems that the point of food stamps is NOT to eliminate starvation. The point of … Continue reading
From my recent Facebook post: Worth taking the time to read. Eloquent words attributed to a young person grappling with widespread cluelessness in her generation. Thanks Rick Camerino. I don’t know how many millennials think as she does but … Continue reading
“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