Archive | February, 2013

JUST PUT SOME CLOTHES ON! PROBLEM SOLVED!

I generally muse about the political, social and cultural life in America but sometimes I see or read something beyond our shores that has me shaking my head.  Stories about the “Royals” are an example. First of all, let me say that I haven’t a clue why people are so fascinated with the English royal […]

ARE WE BECOMING A NATION OF THIN-SKINNED WHINERS?

America is getting soft and here’s why.  Everyday, I see and read about more complainers, cry-babies, and thin-skinned whiners.  Whatever happened to the old adage, “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never harm me”?  It seems that, now, everyone is offended by something and everyone is willing to don a cap […]

LIBERAL TOLERANCE EXTENDED ONLY TO THE LIKE-MINDED

Oregon baker, Aaron Klein, owner of Sweets Cakes by Melissa, recently said he was living in accordance with his religious beliefs when he declined to make a lesbian couple their wedding cake.  As you can imagine, so-called liberal tolerance doesn’t extend to Mr. Klein. I’ve read numerous articles so far and all have discussed the […]

SHAME – A THING OF THE PAST

Bioethicist Daniel Callahan, in a recent editorial published in the Hastings Center Report, suggests that fat people should be shamed into losing weight.  His strategy involves “social pressure combined with vigorous government action.” There are lots of reasons why people are fat.  I’m not about to sit in judgment of why someone is fat because […]