Archive for January, 2008
During the Korean War a friend of mine was an enlisted man stationed at a remote US Air Force base.
It was the middle of winter and life was very boring. Soviet bombers were not destroying US cities.
As George sat staring at an empty RADAR screen he noticed a fly on the window on the other side […]
January 10th, 2008 | Posted in Blogging, Humor, Writing | 3 Comments
If you are concerned about the permissiveness, the lack of personal responsibility and the probable cause of ‘road rage’ in today’s society, I lay the blame on the doorstep of Dr. Benjamin Spock.
Dr Spock came upon the scene with the best-selling book of all time other than the Bible, “The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child […]
January 9th, 2008 | Posted in Child Care, Education, Parenting, Safety, intolerance, responsibility, society | 2 Comments
I don’t intend to use this Blog for news reporting nor do I intend to analyze the news as it is happening.
My interest is in the trends that have shaped our thinking and consequently our actions.
Last night we had friends over for dinner and afterward, we as most people are doing today, were discussing what […]
January 9th, 2008 | Posted in Education, society | No Comments
My purpose in writing these articles is to expose the absurdities that we are subjected to by prejudice, opinion, ‘junk science’ and the law.
I hope that I am not boring my readers with the length of the articles.
Some of the text contains as many as a 1000 words.
Bob Walsh recommends in his outstanding book, “Clear […]
January 7th, 2008 | Posted in Blogging, Writing | No Comments
I had always thought that the reason laws are so severe regarding drunk driving was that it was a public safety issue. After considering some other laws, I conclude that it is a moral issue. There are still people out there who are opposed to drinking.
If drunk driving is truly a public safety issue it […]
January 5th, 2008 | Posted in Attorney, Safety, law, responsibility | 3 Comments