Voyeurism is prevalent in our society – in fact, it’s accepted. Where Dear Abby used to be the indulgence of bored housewives, things like Love Letters and similar blogs give people a view into the lives of their neighbors. It’s interesting reading into the relationship issues some people have – many are valid problems that [...]
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When Fear Runs Your Life, Ask Yourself Why
Fear controls the lives of most moderns as we lack goals at the community level. We watch movies about abductions, murders, and superheros saving the day, and since we don’t even know who our neighbors are let alone our selectmen and other community leaders, fear rattles around in our brains. We feel that if it can happen [...]
US Naval fleet falls apart before our eyes
WASHINGTON—The piracy crisis over a lone hostage in the Indian Ocean took on the familiar air of a cops-and-robbers standoff, with the U.S. Navy seeking advice Thursday from seasoned FBI negotiators. Their goal: Resolve the incident without military force. As the FBI joined the delicate negotiations, the shipping company Maersk said that the safety of [...]
Where liberalism and fascism cross over
Politics is a game. The first step is to get you to pick a symbol of what you want as a replacement for the reality of dealing with needs. It’s like a talisman: when demons appear, wave this at it. That’s how most people use politics. Even good-intentions, like “be fair” (left) and “natural selection” [...]
Letting parasites breed
A big share of the financial burden of raising Nadya Suleman’s 14 children could fall on the shoulders of California’s taxpayers, compounding the public furor in a state already billions of dollars in the red. Even before the 33-year-old single, unemployed mother gave birth to octuplets last month, she had been caring for her six [...]
Rules for being a soulless modern person
Rules for Being a Modern Person 1. Something else is always to blame. Good targets: gods, systems of government, other demographics that oppress you. 2. It’s all about you. 3. You must have something to contribute on every topic, and it must be ironic, unusual or a unique combination or you’re not really that interesting. [...]
More denial of reality chronicles
“It’s like pulling teeth in this market,” said Twyla Rist of Reece & Nichols Realtors in Kansas City, where prices are off between 7 percent and 15 percent. “Even with everything being said, you still have people that think my house is better than everybody else’s.” A recent Coldwell Banker report showed that more than [...]
How Feminism enslaved women
All this fear around sex made for great tension in boy-girl relationships. On the other hand, I never for a minute gave up the difficult search for a mate. I was brought up to believe, and still believe, that who you marry is the most important choice you make in life. Does that make me [...]
Why are there so few white people?
Here’s a hint — they’re polarized by gender and personal drama: Here’s Jeff from Middleburg, Florida: “I am not going to hitch my wagon to a woman . . . who is more into her abs, thighs, triceps, and plastic surgery. A woman who seems to have forgotten that she did graduate high school and [...]