An alternative medicine conference has ended in chaos in Germany after dozens of delegates took a LSD-like drug and started suffering from hallucinations. Source: Homeopathy conference ends in chaos after delegates take hallucinogenic drug – Health News – Health & Families – The Independent First off, full disclosure: I consider homeopathy to be utter rubbish,…
Abrogating Responsibility (an ongoing series?): Charity
Last time in my haste to vent about my bad day, I wrote about abrogating our responsibility of protection and basic neighborly conflict dispute to police. In this post I’d like to look at a considerably larger problem: the shifting of the responsibility of charity onto government. (I’d like to say “this will be a…
Sir, No Sir!
A massive rally is set for noon on Capitol Hill today to protest the Iran deal. The President will be running away to Michigan in order to shield his ego from thousands of Americans rising up in protest. We know the Democrats are putting loyalty to Obama and the concomitant hatred of their own…
Troop Dismissed
If it isn’t apparent by now, let me state the obvious right here: Colin Powell has proven himself a total disgrace. In an interview last Sunday on “Meet the Press” he stated his unequivocal support for President Obama’s Iran deal: Powell, secretary of state under President George W. Bush, called the agreement “a pretty good…
What Hath Liberalism Wrought, Part 2
Chicago Schools Seek State Cash as Crunch Looms Liberalism always comes down to this: The school board warns of deep cuts later this year if Illinois, which faces its own fiscal crisis, doesn’t deliver an additional $480 million in the coming months, representing roughly 8% of annual district spending. So … let’s see… The state…
“Either you are human, or you don’t do it and then you aren’t human.”
Sometimes a flicker of hope appears in a sea of darkness. Last week, 5 yeshiva students took a wrong turn in Hebron on their way to visit the Cave of the Patriarchs. They were attacked, their car firebombed and were nearly torn apart by an enraged mob in the predominantly Palestinian city. Then, out of…
Walter Ulbricht, Call Your Office
Roughly 5 million people left California in the last decade. See where they went. This is fascinating on a number of levels. First, and foremost, is how many people have fled the People’s Republic, and how much income they took with them. Those of us behind enemy lines know only too well why they left….
On Laws, Men and Conscience
I’m not a lawyer, nor have I played one on television (although I’m a some-time actor and have yet to play one of those on television either). But the lawlessness of our government, most egregiously perpetrated by the president and his administration in countless incidents (quite a few clearly impeachable and probably criminal offenses) over the…
“Left-leaning?” Yeah, I’d say so
Low-Income Workers See Biggest Drop in Paychecks Despite steady gains in hiring, a falling unemployment rate and other signs of an improving economy, take-home pay for many American workers has effectively fallen since the economic recovery began in 2009, according to a new study by an advocacy group that is to be released on Thursday….
I Love Sports, But I am Learning To Hate Athletes
About a dozen years ago a local book store had Mike Lupica in to sell a few copies of his new book and answer some questions. I asked him whether he despaired for the future of professional sports because of the increasingly unpleasant personal behavior of the typical professional athlete. He was upbeat and sanguine,…