FOX News reports that an Italian reporter had visited 24 confessionals, posing as different people to see how the priests’ advice differeed regarding condum use, drug addiction, and new love for a divorcee. He published the results in an Italian magazine.
He found priests did deviate from church law. For example, two priests offered varied advice [...]
Eight months ago I discussed mandatory HPV vaccination, concluding that the increased risk in cervical cancer from not getting vaccinated isn’t why premarital sex should be discouraged.
AP reports the true push for mandatory vaccination: Merck, the supplier of Fardasil, wants to force everyone to buy it. It is lobbying state legislatures for mandatory vaccination. Simply [...]
My fellow trainer Joe got luckier with his hotel room than I did, getting a balcony and a view of the beach. It would have been great for sunrise pictures, but the clouds did not cooperate.
Seagulls were first on the scene, then pelicans began to move in. Storks can also be seen. Beyond the [...]
Sometimes when I rent vehicles, they come with interesting surprises such as satellite radio. My current vehicle has the Hertz NeverLost system. NeverLost combines GPS data with maps to give you real-time directions in getting to a desired place.
My first attempt to use the system failed because my hotel wasn’t listed in the device’s Yellow [...]
Scott Hodge at the Tax Foundation has published a report that shows that families with children tend to be relatively “upper-class” today, when they were truly considered “middle-class” in 1960.
These demographic shifts have no doubt contributed to the perception of rising income inequality. When the so-called rich are increasingly couples with two incomes, they will [...]
On The Hill’s Congress Blog, Representative Dave Reichert (R-WA) extols the virtues of raising the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. Among them:
The potential savings the bill would offer consumers are enormous. Buyers of large SUVs and pickup trucks would save $2,000 in fuel costs over the life of the vehicle, even after paying the [...]
I picked up The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon because the story, written by a person with autism, is a fictional first-person narrative of an child with autism. The story is set in present-day England.
The main character, Christopher Boone, finds the neighbor’s dog slain with a pitchfork. His concern [...]
Reuters reports (link dead) that in Des Moines, IA, Senator Hillary Clinton remarked that it was “about time” for a woman president.
I think she was close enough when she was co-president. Most First Ladies wouldn’t be found with FBI files in their possession, or White House Travel Office pink slips, or plans to nationalize one-seventh [...]
