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Tomorrow ends my favorite part-time job ever. As many of you know, I took a job at the Barnes & Noble in Saginaw, MI to a) get me out of...

From the apparent usefulness of the social virtues, it has readily been inferred by skeptics, both ancient and modern, that all moral distin...

Once upon a time a peasant had a horse. This horse ran away,so the peasant's neighbors came to console him for his bad luck. He answered...

I posted a blog the other day on same sex marriages and have a quick follow-up. I do feel sorry for the future children of these couples. N...

I think that we should all be very proud that we are part of a cosmic system of energy degradation.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. - Sir Winston Churchill Our syst...

I mistakenly flipped on the TV today to check the weather because it looked like it could storm and stopped by one of the 24-hour news netwo...

I’m tired of having to fight my computer to get it to do what I believe that it should do automatically. And there is absolutely no good exc...

As we prepare to move away from our small two-story apartment in Saginaw, I am moved by how the worst kitchen that I have ever had the ...

Over the last couple of months I've been slowly weening myself off of buying water in plastic bottles. This is hard because I happen to ...

The White House and several Republicans who have continuously backed the justification for the Iraq War, the amplified power of the Executiv...

The people who feel the need to constantly ruin a good silence with mindless babbling are no more intellectually or socially advanced than a...

Handle with care - everything - even the predators.

'Darth Vader' spared jail in Jedi church attacks Wed May 14, 7:36 AM ET A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag f...

Don’t worry, neither am I. But what separates those of us who are a little bit smarter than the rest is that I know that I’m not that smart....

Belief in God 'childish,' Jews not chosen people: Einstein letter Tue May 13, 9:02 AM ET Albert Einstein described belief in God as ...

Mother Bush lived a life of great fortune T'was clear she nary skimped on her portion But son George made a mess Caused such global dist...

"Always do what you are afraid to do" - Ralph Waldo Emerson In September of 2004 my wife and I were living on Grand Cayman when Hu...

There is an ongoing trend that I just can’t seem to wrap by brain around. It’s the use of the word “elitist” as an insult. Thinking that may...

The eternal seductiveness of bad ideas has always tempted those looking to suppress hard work and tough choices. It is the responsibility of...