Category Archives: Children

A word of advice to the graduates of 2013

Posted on May 11, 2013 by

My son graduates from college today. What more is there to say? Related articles Graduating Seniors: Advice on What to do With Your Life (collegian.com) ADVICE TO GRADUATES: It’s Not Okay To Show Up Late, Or Text During A Job … Continue reading →

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Kidnapped and forgotten

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

When a girl from a well to do family goes missing (Laci Peterson, Elizabeth Smart, JonBenet Ramsey, Chandra Levy, Natalee Holloway) the national media go into overdrive, with minute-by-minute coverage of the national disaster. But when said girls are from … Continue reading →

Posted in Back in the USA, Children, Law, Liars, Mistaken identity, Murder, Poverty, Sexuality, Women | 1 Comment

One lump or two?

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

Let’s get this out of the way first. The camel is obnoxious. But here’s what’s really wrong with this scene. 1) You don’t let a bazillion pound animal stick its head in you car so it can suck on your … Continue reading →

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Kids and guns: What could go wrong? (Part 2)

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

David Waldman at Daily Kos keeps track of people shot in America each week. Here a snippet of his findings: This week’s compilation includes three God-given-but-somehow-forgotten guns, four accidents while cleaning loaded guns (which nobody ever does, though I’ve now … Continue reading →

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Free the slaves

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

A view of modern day slavery Related articles Five Ways to Fight Slavery (chrismorriswrites.com)

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Those wacky Americans … and their guns

Posted on May 4, 2013 by

Yeah, yeah I know. Most Americans don’t care how the rest of the world sees us. But this is how the rest of the world sees us (from Euronews):

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Kids and guns: What could go wrong?

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

I needed to take some time to cool off before I posted this, because I really needed to think about keeping control when I saw this earlier this week. By now, you know the story of the five-year-old Kentucky boy … Continue reading →

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Five minutes in Iran

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

Let’s take a side trip to Iran. Everyone likes the same music. Bet you weren’t expecting that. (Via Informed Comment)  

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Anne Frank: a ‘belieber’

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

All right, I know I’ve written some pretty outrageous things here in the past couple of years, but I can’t control myself on this one. Remember when Justin Bieber went to the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam a few days … Continue reading →

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Out of the blue of the western sky comes …

Posted on April 13, 2013 by

Does anyone remember “Sky King,” the flying cowboy? Or, “Penny, warm up the Songbird.” This was one of the shows I religiously watched as a kid growing up in Brooklyn. Which is about as far as you could get from … Continue reading →

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