A Response to the M8.9 Japanese Earthquake

Our thoughts go out to all those suffering in Japan, once again the epicenter for a major earthquake.This one register at 8.9 on the Richter Scale, the largest magnitude in Japan's history.For once, it was heartening and enlightening to see the news media around...

Celebrity Shame-Baiting: Part II

The ever-expanding populist media (YouTube, Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, Iphones, Ibooks, I everything) exacerbates twisted bestial idol-worship of celebrities.Like the deformed genetic hybrids of Dr. Moreau, members of the public believe that we can be better, maybe...

Celebrity Shame-Baiting: Part I

"Bear-baiting", a common pastime in Elizabethan England, was akin to modern-day dog-fighting. Instead of canines torturing each other, however, dogs would be let loose on a wild bear chained to a post. The dogs would rip and bite at the chained grizzly,...

NPR Crashed Tea Party; Tea Party Fights Back

The TEA ( Taxed Enough Already) Party wants to end the outrageous spending that is bleeding this country to death and impoverishing future generations.Such spending includes the wasteful subsidies to National Public Radio (NPR), especially considering what one of...