My wife tells me that in high school a teacher explained to their class the concept of individual rights and their limits. He would say that their individual rights ended at the end of his nose. He would explain that this meant that they could swing their arms as much as they wanted to […]

‘s   I was thinking again about the vaccine issues and wondering how we arrived at this junction in which our vaccination rate is lower than many other nations, including Third World nations. Frankly, I have decided that it was a perfect storm. It was a mixture of misguided libertarianism (not all libertarianism is misguided, […]

Several years ago, I joined the chorus of people who began to warn that as vaccination rates fell, we were setting ourselves up for a coming epidemic. In particular, measles, mumps, and whooping cough were pointed out as being the likely ones to first begin to spread. Meantime, we got carried away with diseases that […]

I am having one of those experiences today that makes all the terrible service stories one hears from time to time utterly believable. My wife and I became so tired of the poor internet service from CenturyLink that we finally decided to switch over to Charter Communications. Their internet speed is much higher than CenturyLink […]

The police officers of the City of New York have a tough job. They, along with firemen, emergency medical services, medical personnel, etc., were the ones who stepped into the breach 13 and 1/2 years ago after the terrorist bombing of the City. Now, over a decade later, they have become afflicted with a deadly […]

On a favorite blog of mine, Internetmonk, there was a list of characteristics which marked popular articles during 2014. My favorite one was, “4. Bible subjects such as the beginning of the world and the end of the world, of which no one has any personal knowledge, are topics people love to talk about.” Reflecting […]

Yesterday, I mentioned that one of the problems with fantasy is that it does not take into account the reality of what life was really like in the times the author is writing about. Unrealistic solutions to the problems of pre-modern-medicine are woven into the story so as to make the story less jarring and […]

I enjoy reading science fiction and fantasy. Nay, I am a geek. But, every so often I realize how much fantasy is involved in fantasy. Many fantasy writers wish to paint the times they write about as times that were better. They do not really want to paint the reality of primitive times in the […]

Hundreds of police officers outside the Queens, N.Y. church Saturday where the funeral of Officer Rafael Ramos was being held turned their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio as he eulogized the fallen officer who was ambushed last week along with his partner. – Fox News In a shameful act, hundreds of police officers turned […]