Life was so simple before. A person was born either a boy or a girl. As the child grows up, natural attractions toward the opposite sex develop. In some cases the attraction is toward the same sex, thus the term homosexual, or gay, or any number of other terms used to describe them. Life for… Continue reading The Gender Issue
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The thrill of the epic upset
Back many years ago, I was newly married and living in Indiana. It was the dead of winter and I was home watching TV. For lack of anything else to watch, I tuned into the Winter Olympics and they were about to start a hockey game between the U.S. and the USSR (still in existence… Continue reading The thrill of the epic upset
PC and the Pendulum Effect
You look up the term “political correctness” in Wikipedia, and you get the following description: “The term political correctness (adjectivally: politically correct; commonly abbreviated PC) is used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in society. Since the late 1980s, the term has come to refer to avoiding… Continue reading PC and the Pendulum Effect
Covering up Columbus murals
There was recent news about a decision taken by the University of Notre Dame to cover up several murals in the campus Main Building which depict the life and exploration of Christopher Columbus. The long and the short of it is that the university President was responding to what he felt were objections by some… Continue reading Covering up Columbus murals
The Tonight Show from Puerto Rico
I was pleasantly surprised to see The Tonight Show with host Jimmy Fallon come to our island of Puerto Rico. There’s only so much you can fit about Puerto Rico into an hour time slot, but Jimmy hit a couple of the touristy stops on the island and seemed to be genuinely enjoying himself. Watching… Continue reading The Tonight Show from Puerto Rico