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February 2017

February 08, 2017
I admit I'm still not used to the idea of Donald Trump as president.  It...
February 08, 2017
If this were any other subject than what it is, this post would be perfect...
February 05, 2017
Here's what Planned Parenthood has to say about the risks and side effects of Depo...
February 04, 2017
According to Wikipedia, the (technological) singularity is defined as that moment in the future when...
February 01, 2017
OK, that's a lame post title; maybe I'll come up with something wittier later. But...

January 2017

January 31, 2017
Was it inevitable? The Chief Executive of the Boy Scouts of America, Michael Surbaugh, announced...
January 31, 2017
In the news the other day, "Hawaii bill would classify homelessness as medical condition."  Yes,...
January 30, 2017
That's what it comes down to, ultimately. There are about 12.5 million Syrian refugees, according...
January 30, 2017
Not this: according to a couple recent articles that passed through my twitter feed recently....
January 28, 2017
Yesterday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which generated a lot of "Trump = Hitler" tweets....
January 28, 2017
So Trump's big "extreme vetting" executive order was signed yesterday, and I've been waiting for...
January 27, 2017
In the news yesterday were reports (e.g., CNN) that Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto cancelled a...
January 26, 2017
So now it's the turn of the Democrats to say, "if you didn't like Obama's...
January 24, 2017
In the past, when we haven't had a "big" vacation, we've spent a week in...
January 23, 2017
After World War I, the victorious allies obliged Germany to accept a treaty that was...
January 22, 2017
What does "never again" mean?  We use this phrase to signal a determination not to...
January 22, 2017
Point #1:  Obama's inaugural speech was written by a professional speechwriter, Jon Favreau.  A very...
January 21, 2017
And I find it distasteful.  Sorry, but I do.  This is, above all, an anti-Trump...
January 19, 2017
Trump was asked that question, and he answered oddly:  "I don't like heroes, I don't...
January 18, 2017
The folks at Feminists for Life certainly believe so.  A group calling itself the New...
January 17, 2017
Yes, my son is a junior in high school, so I knew that the onslaught...
January 15, 2017
Yes, another set of questions for readers.  Easier to ask questions than pontificate, when I'm...
January 15, 2017
On the Saturday following Inauguration Day, protests are planned for not just Washington D.C., but a...
January 14, 2017
The nomination of Betsy De Vos to head the Department of Education has brought up,...
January 14, 2017
Just to be perfectly clear:  I remember Bill Clinton.  I remember that many Americans thought...
January 11, 2017
Not me.  I'm behind in work at my day job. But here's a link to...
January 10, 2017
Today Cardinal Cupich had a piece in the op-ed section in the Chicago Tribune, titled...
January 09, 2017
Here's a piece at MarketWatch.com that was floating around twitter this weekend:  "Your food and...
January 09, 2017
Here's something that showed up in my twitter feed this morning:  "Erasmus tips: How to...
January 09, 2017
"Did cyberhacks hurt Clinton?" That's the title of an article in the Chicago Tribune which...
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