Social Issues and Debatable Topics
After having Chinese food tonight, I opened up two fortune cookies. The first read: "Your life will be prosperous if you use your creativity." Kind of what you'd expect from a "fortune" … [Read more...]
Before I begin, let me flatly state I'm not a physicist, an economist (heaven, forbid) nor a guru on the lecture circuit telling people how to get wealthy. Neither am I a religious zealot, a … [Read more...]
Once again, the researchers are at work with their computer models and statistical flukes. In this case, the Labor Department recently released its 2009 American Time Use Survey telling us how people spend their time. According to the experts, here’s how we’re using our time in hours and minutes (2009/2007): Sleeping (8:40/8:34) Watching TV (2:49/2:37) [...]
The Washington Post reported two unrelated stories that, considered together, demonstrate a concerted effort by large drug companies and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to kill health care reform. The reports are disturbing and reveal two major challenges to controlling health care costs in the U.S. First–and most disturbing–the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, in concert [...]
Checked your blog for content theft lately? While the Internet has become an essential part of our lives, it’s also a rip-off channel for blog crime and copyright infringement thieves who steal copyrighted material. People steal intellectual property when copying your blog content to their sites. Sending threatening letters about copyright infringement to website and [...]
People suffering with painful illnesses keep getting hit up by city law enforcement. They’re at least 20 states across the nation where cannabis clubs that secure pot for medicinal purposes flourish. And San Jose is one of them. Per this morning’s Mercury News, patients used to have to trek up to San Francisco to get [...]
Tuesday morning pretty much started out like any Tuesday in our town People who still subscribed to newspapers and magazines found copies delivered on their front porches or in the mail. Web readers, after grabbing a cup of coffee, looked at their computers and mobile phones to read the latest local and world happenings. Early [...]
Around two years ago I proposed in a blog post that citizens and non-citizens of the State of California donate their unused gift cards to balance California’s budget. Yes, I know others have claimed they were the first to come up with this cost-saving idea but, I hasten to remind everyone, it was me. Well, [...]
Parents and Love of Children During our lives, we meet many people. Some we admire, others not. Some bring us joy; others, sorrow. But no people form us more as human beings than our parents. I’m fortunate to have had two caring, loving parents who helped me and my sister grow up with integrity. In [...]
I awakened the other morning while still in REM dream sleep. Although I don’t recall if my eyes opened into reality from a dream or nightmare (it could have been a mix of both), I was uncomfortable with the experience. You’ve probably experienced a similar occurrence as your alarm clock went off. You’re in a [...]
