They asked you, “Why do you want to be ordained?” You told them, “I just want to help people.”Mr. Nice Tolerant Guy, this is your stole.Just like you, it makes a statement. It says, “I believe in . . . stuff.” Star of David? Star and Crescent? Yin-yang? Bring it . . . . Continue Reading »
Something to really worry about. Today’s front page headline in the Washington Post reads, “Extremist Tide Rises in Pakistan .” A potentially troubling era dawned Sunday in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, where a top Islamist militant leader, emboldened by a peace agreement with the . . . . Continue Reading »
One word: plastics. And throws. Two words: plastics and warm, comfy — Three words: plastics, and warm, comfy throws — wait, wait, start over, start over. Ahem. Among the useful words which you might wish to share with the graduate in your life are the following: plastics, warm comfy . . . . Continue Reading »
The Oregon Department of Health is reporting that the recession will push more Oregonians than ever onto the Oregon Health Department’s system of rationed care. From the press release: The forecast laid out in stark detail how economic factors affect the work we do. Our analysts calculated . . . . Continue Reading »
You’re right , Stefan, that is a lovely story . Here , on the other hand, is a story that is anything but lovely: A wealthy British couple who both had terminal cancer have committed suicide together at the Dignitas clinic in Switzerland. Peter and Penny Duff, from Bath, are the first Britons . . . . Continue Reading »
Here’s a lovely story : Residents of a northeast Kansas town are mourning the deaths just hours apart of an elderly couple who were married 67 years. Arnita Yingling died in her sleep early Saturday at the family’s home in Troy. She was 93. Six hours later her 95-year-old husband, Lyle, . . . . Continue Reading »
In case you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past ten days, you might not have heard that the big news hasn’t had anything to do with pirates off of the horn of Africa, or bankers on Wall Street, or politicos in Washington or most certainly professors in a university anywhere. . . . . Continue Reading »
As many friends of Pomocon have observed, the cult of optimism involves some pretty serious pathologies and distorting effects on individual and social life. But one way of thinking about optimism begins with the suggestion that the optimist’s basic concern is with energy. We will, says the . . . . Continue Reading »
There’s something uncanny about a lawsuit in which Woody Allen pillories the defendant as “sleazy” and “infantile,” prompting said defendant to argue “that it can’t have damaged his reputation by using his image because the film director has already ruined . . . . Continue Reading »
This escaped my notice until it was brought to my attention by a regular SHS reader. Last month, Tim Kaine the Governor of Virginia, signed into law a bill that prohibits the state from funding embryonic stem cell research. From the story: Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, the chairman of the Democratic . . . . Continue Reading »
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