Two stories published today reveal what may be the first scene of the last Act of a life-threatening drama. As long ago as 1994 concerns over the true purpose of Iran’s nuclear program set in […]
The Economic Theory of Reality Porn
Americans spend almost 18 billion dollars on pornography a year. Question: what would we do with that money if not spending it on pornography? Would it go to charity? Travel? Would we eat better? Build more […]
Words Matter
A couple of awful murders recently caught national attention. In each, the press quoted the local police as referring to the eventual suspect as a “person of interest”. Pretty much the same words as the […]
Swedish Meatball
Apparently repeating blood libel does not qualify in Sweden as “contempt towards a person or group of people based on their race, ethnicity, or nationality”. Wonder what does? Sweden: No probe of newspaper’s story UPI Sept. […]