Last night during a monthly meetup with a few Howard County friends, I brought up the topic of awareness camapaigns and the values of charity. I’ve always believed in fostering prosperity at home—the USA—instead of throwing money at third world countries “to help develop” them. I have made the distinction between “donation” and “investment” in… Continue reading this entry
Last night on Twitter, Justin Kownacki said: “God’s rightful role for families is a patriarchy in which women submit to men? Thank god; I’m a shitty listener.” Now, I follow a number of people with whom I disagree, and I have said things that I’m sure are grating to them, so I tend to let… Continue reading this entry
I want to believe that through the years, I have mellowed out when it comes to using a broad brush to paint a movement with their most extreme followers. It’s a common practice in punditry but it’s not always that helpful. No one really wants to have to answer for other members of their movement,… Continue reading this entry
Having been around for a while in the blogsophere, I thought that nothing would surprise me, until I came across an article about the FTC wanting to regulate bloggers for reviews they write. The shock is in the seemingly-dubious data about how some reviews can run up to thousands of dollars in compensation for a… Continue reading this entry