Since we’re working down to New Year’s Day and taking stock of our lives and making all those resolutions we won’t be able to keep, I’d like to go on record with one more possible faint hope for change in your life. Take a look at your political and social stances and ask yourself if…
Month: December 2017
Social Commentary
Why Not Merry Christmas?
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Okay, so it’s been December for a while, now, and we have been inundated on Facebook and elsewhere with moans of, “Why can’t we say ‘Merry Christmas?’ Why can’t we have our Christian celebration? Why do we have to bow down to the other religions?” Well, the answer to that is, we don’t have to…
Social Commentary
Follow the Motivation, Not the Money
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Detectives and journalists are often told that if they want to find out what’s going on to follow the money. When you’re chasing clever people, that’s probably a good idea. But when the things people do seem to be counter-intuitive, illogical, inefficient and sometimes just plain stupid, sometimes you have to look somewhere else to…
Politics, Social Commentary
Nine Tipping Points Reached in Alabama
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A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the tipping point in sexual abuse, and I wasn’t optimistic that society has made it there yet. However, events in Alabama today revealed that several tipping points might have been reached. And a few others probably haven’t, no matter how strong the evidence is. Politicians (especially…
Social Commentary
Bitcoin: the Latest Pyramid Scheme
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Let’s say I come to you and offer you a “sure thing” investment. It involves buying certain items with no intrinsic value, but I promise they will soon become very valuable. For the small investor, all you have to do is buy shares, sit back and rake in huge profits. For the major investor, it…
Social Commentary
The Medical Economics of Bleeding-Heart Do-Goodism
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A penny saved is a penny earned, is it not? Well, ‘tis the time of year to think of Ebenezer Scrooge. Dickens had a good point, and modern science is continually proving him right. One of this summer’s TED talks states it in no uncertain terms. The speaker was Dr. Nadine Burke Harris and her…