Kim Jong Il Looks Pretty Bad
North Korea has been beating the war drums with gusto lately, but a few photos of Kim the younger have exposed what appears to be a frail, dying man. According to South Korean reports and intelligence...
View ArticleThe Health Care Bubble and American Economic Priorities
Health care is a noble profession, or at least it used to be before people started fiddling with the Hippocratic oath, but it isn’t a productive endeavor, nor is it something we should necessarily want...
View ArticleThe Changing Place of Women in Traditional Religion
As women are becoming increasingly dominant in academia and the philosophically oriented professions, more and more are beginning to take on authority in matters of spirituality. It is not only in the...
View ArticleThe Death of a Church
In a sort of continuation of my last post, I’d like to highlight the controversy in the Episcopalian Church. The Epsicopalians, under radical feminist bishop Katherine Jefferts-Schori, have decided to...
View ArticleA Case of National Suicide
In most of the developed world, male and female lifespans are separated by a few years. The average difference for all countries appears to be around four years, but that is because men and women in...
View ArticleSold Down the Yangtze
I’m no economist — actually, I find most economic discussions boring and somewhat depressing. It also seems that economics attracts a number of evangelists, only they are preaching the Gods of the...
View ArticleThe Uyghurs of Gitmo
Not long ago, the press was covering the story of the resettlement of Uyghur refugees who had been taken captive during Operation Enduring Freedom and subsequently sent to Guantanamo Bay. Some are in...
View ArticleCarl Jung: Founding Father of Game
In the course of my foray into psychology, I decided to look into Carl Jung – who was mentored by Freud for some time – for some new material. From what little I have read so far, I have found Jung to...
View ArticleWomen in the Workplace: The Other Side of the Coin
One often finds magazine articles about independent, glamorous women earning big bucks who are disappointed only by the fact that there aren’t enough “available men.” It’s easy to get the impression...
View ArticleTech Diversion
When I checked into the iPhone’s monthly service plan, I was disappointed by the high price of service, which, after taxes and other fees comes to about $90/month. It isn’t only the iPhone that is...
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