I think I first noticed how much Americans love criminals when I saw Death Wish at the theater in 1974. In that movie, the lead character is played by the legendary Charles Bronson. Bronson’s wife and daughter are brutalized, sexually assaulted and beaten during a home invasion. His wife dies, and his daughter has a [...]
After American Idol finalist Adam Lambert kissed a boy during his performance at the 2009 American Music Awards, CBS network executives immediately blurred the image for all repeat broadcasts on their channel. But when Madonna kissed Britney Spears at the 2003 MTV Video Music awards, that 15 second girl-on-girl kiss was all we saw on [...]
Women in our culture live their lives under considerable pressure to be beautiful, young looking and sexy. The pressures come from everywhere. Magazines, billboards, newspapers, movies and TV shows constantly present the ideal woman as being in her late teens or early twenties. No wonder that by the time a woman reaches age 25, she [...]
For the past month, it’s been impossible to peruse the news without reading about the dreaded Conflicker Worm. You would have to have been in a coma not to have read that the Conflicker Worm would be launching some sort of major attack on April 1, 2009. But that date came and went with little [...]
Big Brother in Your Computer I wish I knew more details about this. Almost nothing is available – or at least my attempts at researching it were unfulfilling, to say the least. I am providing a news link to a story about it, in which they say it is all being dealt with in [...]
There is an Orlando, Florida city ordinance which makes it illegal to feed homeless people. Actually, you’re allowed to feed homeless people in groups of 25 or less – but no more than that. Eric Montanez, a 21 year old Orlando resident set up to feed the homeless, and was arrested when more than [...]
Johannes Gutenberg, a German goldsmith who died in 1468, is generally credited with inventing the printing press. Actually, screw type printing presses were in use in Asia when Gutenberg started using his design. However, since Gutenberg was in Europe – the western world – he is rightfully credited with bringing the printed word into a [...]
I’ve seen a couple of articles lately about more people fishing to trim the grocery bill during our recession. Fishing can indeed be a great way to put food on the table for less money. Then too, you can buy a $1,200 fly rod and spend the rest of your life trying to catch enough [...]
This year’s World Water day was March 22, 2009. It came and went with little hoopla. There are a few small articles about the scattered demonstrations and events relative to the day, but nothing compared to the media firestorm of, say, a Chris Brown scandal. It’s sad that our planet’s ailing water supply is not [...]
The $410 billion budget is stalled in the Senate. Senators are unhappy about the pork spending attachments to the budget. Reportedly, the $410 billion budget has over 8,500 pork projects that total $7.7 billion. As I understand it, it’s predominately the Republicans that are displeased with all the pork attached to the new budget. [...]