Nature and Civilization

One manifest duality of life is nature and civilization. On this, there are two major schools of thought as to what it is that life is. One – seen in both capitalism and socialism - is concerned with adding the most to human-made world of civilization. The other –...

Amusing political statement

"His voting record proves that he is firmly pro-life... and pro-gun."- Randy Neugebauer, Texas Congress Republican websitehttp://randyforcongress.com/issues/

Existents and Dualities

The universe, not having been built by human beings, is not based upon their conceptions of what is good or what is bad. Not being related to these conceptions, it is expected to have zero correlation with them. Statistically, this means that, in physical or natural existents...

Football, Character and Future

Five boys in a local football club, who looked like young teenagers, attacked four children, three of them girls, over a soccer ball.One of the boys punched a four-year-old girl in the stomach, and another punched a 13-year-old girl on the cast over her broken arm.The...

Black Men and Misogyny

The following would be likely to get me accused of racism. My response is that I have never been racist; and as a Jewish person who lived in Russia for the first 12 years of my life I know enough about racism to refuse to extend it against anyone else.The following has...

Texas Intellectuals and Texas Conmen

Yet another Texas politician, Rob Smith, is railing against "intellectuals."I have a stupid question to ask. How many intellectuals are there in Texas?I am reminded of Poland. There are maybe 800 Jewish people living in Poland; yet the whole country likes to howl about the...

Generations, Rebellion and Self-Expression

Having had many interactions with young people who are into either the hippie idea or the "urban decay" type styles, I've come to the conclusion that most of them are not doing it as rebellion but rather as self-expression. I have known many of the type who are not angry; who...

Protect immigrant women from violence

By Leith Anderson and Lynne Hybels, Special to CNNThis week the House of Representatives is considering a proposal to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, first enacted in 1994, but in a new version that would significantly undermine the same U visa...

Regionalism and Freedom to Roam

There are many people who believe in regionalism - the right of each part of the country to have its own character. Regionalism however is not complete in and of itself. Within each region there will be people born who do not fit into that region and would do better...

Communitarianism and Creeping Totalitarianism

The business entities, from single proprietorships to giant corporations, are made accountable to the public through the mechanism of competition from other companies, as well as through scrutiny by media and law. The government entities are made accountable to the public...

Gender Wars to Gender Harmony

I've made, and I continue to make, the case that the gender wars teach both the men and the women to be the worst thing that they can be. There is a reason for this stance.A good man will want to be good to the women in his life, and a good woman will want to be good to the...

Stop blaming single mothers

(CNN) -- It is Mother's Day, and let us celebrate single-mother households -- not as half empty, but as half full of strong women. It is a good time to encourage children raised by women to see themselves as resilient, not doomed. And it is time, today and every day, for our...

Mental Health and Corruption

In a recent case, a young man in Netherlands has been tied to the wall in a mental hospital for days as a result of voices telling him to physically attack people. Resulting from this has been discussion about practices in mental health system. Perhaps it is time to...

Stand proud, liberal Democrats

The right-wingers continue to make the false claim that they are America, and that the rest of America isn't. In fact America owes more to the liberal Democrats than it does to the Tea Party.The Democrats form the bulk of American science, which is at the root of everything...