Conventional Wisdom

One major aspect that is wrong with American Life is that minority viewpoints use our basic desire to compromise as a way of “pushing the camel’s nose into the tent”.  What is that?  Here is one example of the story:

One day an Arab and his camel were crossing the desert. Night came and the temperature became colder. The Arab put up his tent and tied the camel to it. The Arab went to sleep.

The temperature became slightly colder and the camel asked the Arab if he (camel) could just put his nose in the tent to warm up. The Arab agreed

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Day 3 of Enforced Bed Rest

I'm still home, taking it easy.  My arthritic knee is still experiencing inflammation and pain.  With pain meds, and anti-inflammatory meds, I am improving, but S-L-O-W-L-Y.

I've been on a movie binge:

• Live Free & Die Hard

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Why is the FCC Grab for the Internet a Bad Thing?

A VERY, VERY, VERY Bad Thing.

Political Disagreement Leads to - - - SPIRITUAL Shunning?

This is both provocative and enlightening.

For many who have little to no religious upbringing, the temptation is to use strict political/social rules to separate the sheep from the goats.  The rules often are FAR more restrictive than those of conventional religious groups.