If used well, blame and guilt don’t lead to self-bullying.  They’re useful ways of motivating us to do better, even though they can cause a lot of wear and tear on our bodies, minds and hearts.
If we analyze our actions objectively we might take on the blame for some of what we did or failed […]

Paul Deepan has just released his debut novel The Fruit Of The Dendragon Tree. I had the opportunity to read it, and enjoyed it a great deal. You can find my review here.
I must confess that fantasy is not a genre that I tend to specialize in, I find many authors are way too full […]

Catechetical materials for educating children are often difficult to come by for parish programs geared towards younger (primary school) children. Recently, I had the opportunity to read and review a magnificent work by Lisa Mladinich, Be An Amazing Catechist, Inspire the Faith of Children. Initially, when looking at the book, […]

I have given this some considerable thought. When push comes to shove, I really don’t give a damn what is thrown at me, I do however get very concerned when people start picking on my wife. As a result I have decided to stop reporting on the Haleigh Cummings case. It has become such a […]

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It is sad to hear stories of hate throughout history, but it is a part of human nature, it has been happening for thousands of years. In the case of NYC, the city has seen a good chunk of hate, the Irish, Italians, Blacks, Catholics, Indians, […]

The ‘war’ in Afghanistan is turning into a disaster both in lives of Americans and Afghans and total costs that this country simply cannot afford. Our two ‘wars’ are now ranging towards the trillion dollar level — 3 and growing:
http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2009/0915/economic-scene-afghanistan-will-cost-us-more-than-iraq
Innocent lives — ours and theirs — are being slaughtered and […]

I think back to when I was a kid and listening to music. I had a different taste than my sister did. We always fought over what we would listen to when we were in the bedroom that we shared. I do however remember listening to Eric Clapton in his early years and from then […]

If you’re looking to improve your website so you can drive your sales up, it is vital that you pay attention to website analytics, says topwebdevelopers.org expert Eric Leuenberger in an online report on devwebpro.com.
What this requires is that you become aware of your problem areas so you know how to fix them. There are […]

I have to admit that I am rapidly becoming a believer that every time a see a BP or government official spew forth the latest update, I see their nose’s grow. BP had to remove Tony Hayward, his nose would no longer fit on the CNN TV set!
The well is capped, well sort of. Oil […]

Glenn Beck’s show yesterday mentioned the name of Jesus Christ as much as, if more than, any other. I once was a Christian back in the days when the social Gospel efforts were reforming this country. After theological studies here and in Britain I learned that there were many […]

A few weeks ago a caring friend online that told me about a mother, Kay Wilson, needing help getting the word out about her son, Eric Preimesberger that had disappeared. She had not heard from him since April 20th, 2010 when she spoke to him on his wedding anniversary. She talked to him about the […]

I had a bit to do with this in my own research career. I found huge holes in the feminism-supporting “research” of my fellow psychologists at the time. So the latest bit of nonsense does not surprise me. It says that feminized boys are psychologically healthier, just as lots of other […]

Jan spoke with Zachary Pittman’s mother Christy Ragas earlier today. There was a search for Zachary on Saturday. Nothing of value in the case was found. Christy is understandably down, but she does have high hopes in the new detective that has been assigned to the case. What must be admired is this woman’s drive […]

I just finished watching the “Restore Honor” rally at the Washington Monument, and the message from the rally moved me greatly. First, for those who do not know me, I am a Christian, and believe in the rapture, and of all that is spoken of in the book of Revelation.
I say that because I realized […]

Another year has gone by and with it, WWE’s second largest show on the wrestling calendar - Summerslam. This year’s event emanated from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California in front of a sold out crowd. The arena was packed with over 17,000 excited and boisterous fans, anxiously awaited an evening of fun and […]

I am something of an alternative history buff. Alternative history features quite a lot in Sci Fi and I used to read a lot of Sci Fi once so maybe that is why.
It seems to me that there were two great turning points in the 20th century which would have left us with […]

Jan and I have given this serious thought and have decided to skip this weeks regular program. We will return next Sunday. By that time there may be some developments in the various cases.
We also want to thank our loyal readers and listeners for their continued support. We stand by our articles, and time will […]

The British article excerpted below is typical of what one reads about fast food causing diabetes. The connection seems to be almost an article of faith. Yet when I looked at the evidence a couple of years ago, I could not find anything like conclusive evidence of an obesity/diabetes link, let […]

The battles between the Sunnis and Shiites will presumably degenerate into a civil war if and when the U.S. pulls out of Iraq — the hatreds have been exaggerated, not calmed, by our presence there. People have been driven out of their homes by the alternative version of Islam. The […]

I spent an incredibly boring 3 hours or so watching Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” on C-Span. Most channels had switched to other things. What seemed to be the content was a series of 20 or more fundamentalist Protestant sermons given by various invitees — which looked to be be […]

Two of the wealthiest men in the country, the Koch brothers, are running a massive behind the scenes campaign against Obama and Democrats. Jane Mayer blows their cover in a New Yorker article quoted below.
Needless to way our current Supreme Court opened the doors wide with their ridiculous claim that corporations have […]

The following is an article by Fathers & Families Board Member, Robert Franklin, Esq.:
I’ve written a fair amount on parental alienation and parental alienation syndrome (PAS) or parental alienation disorder (PAD). I’ve said before that I’m in no way qualified to give an opinion about whether the behavioral changes displayed by an alienated child fit […]

The following is an article by Fathers & Families Board Member, Robert Franklin, Esq.:
Here’s yet another piece that lauds equality between mothers and fathers in childrearing, but uses some very questionable “facts” and figures to do it (Chicago Tribune, 8/20/10).
The writer, Alexa Aguilar, wants to think of her marriage as non-traditional enough that both partners […]

I have no idea how many times I have made this statement, but I will say it one more time. My wife and I derive no compensation from BNN. It does not matter how many hits the site gets, we still get exactly $Zero. Writing an article merely to drive traffic has no benefit to […]

Officials are reporting a wave of credit and debit card attacks targeting point of sale swapping, skimming of card data, and hacking into payment processors. Reports say the U.S. Secret Service, among others, are in the process of investigating a multistate crime spree.
The Oklahoma Bankers Association commented, “It is beyond apparent our bankers are taking […]

The recent controversy on EVM vulnerability revolves around the possibility of tampering the EVM by fixing a gadget inside which can be wirelessly manipulated from outside.
The Critics of the EVM point out that it takes less than 2 minutes to make the alterations and once done it is possible to take control of the machine […]

There has been an intese discussion on EVMs in India after the arrest of Hariprasad who was involved in a demonstration of the vulnnerability of the EVMs.
The issues raised fall into the following categories.
1.Was it ethical to arrest Mr Hariprasad whose intention was only to alert the GOI on the technical issues involved in security?
2.Is […]

In the early days of the web, cybersquatting was a concern among corporations who were late to the game in getting their domain names. I had a little battle with LedZeppelin.com that I regret, but that’s another story.
Today that same battle is being played out in social media. Anyone can register any brand or likeness […]

We often hear people (including myself) drone on at how the system is broken and how good guys end up in jail and bad guys are released on good behavior. The criminal justice system is far from fair. Too often bad people are let out only to re-offend and sometimes do worse the […]

If you pick up your average dictionary and look up the word ’spin’ the definitions talk about revolving over an axis. As a kid I had a gyroscope, it was a wonderful toy, it mattered not where you put it, if it was spinning it would stay there. Of course after a while the spinning […]