While I was eating at a restaurant a few days ago, I looked over at a couple sitting at a table nearby and thought about walking over and telling the woman, “You could do better, maybe not all that much better but better, nonetheless”. I doubt I could have gotten away with it. Latter on,…
Category Archives: Religion
This category may take a positivist approach, meaning it does not cater to religious sensibilities.
Ordinarily, I don’ t use language such as “morons”, “cheapskates” or “duh” (OK, sometimes “duh”) but I make an exception in this article. I think I was venting. The following questions were proposed on Facebook a few days ago by a friend of mine. Is there such a thing as getting something for free? Should…
I’m not sure why I can’t post comments to bsdtalk. Maybe it’s because I’m not signed up with the hosting service or because it doesn’t support Firefox. I can’t remember as I quit trying sometime ago. Anyways … seeing that I can’t post, I thought I’d post a comment on my own blog. Note to…
On the matter of the source of the recent economic downfall, for which the States is largely culpable, I don’t understand why the mechanics of the situation aren’t talked about. There’s been a lot of talk, but most has done little to clarify the source of the problem. True, I think some of it is…
Deborah Jones writes, “Once shunned by academics, Wikipedia now a teaching tool“. I’m not sure what Ms. Jones refers to when she mentions that Wikipedia was shunned by academia. I remember my philosophy prof Wesley Cooper at the U of A giving his ok on it. Regardless of consistent quality, I’ve always used Wikipedia as…
If any of you find the blood libel and the related academic research into it of any interest, here are a few articles, Jerusalem Post American Thinker Telegraph