The early Presidential polls are interesting. With Hillary coming in with 68% of the support for the Democrat nod, it's hard to envision a scenario where the nomination isn't hers for the taking. Her closest challenger is Joe Biden, apparently popular...
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Dark Christmas
"Nor indeed was that first Christmas season one of peace or joy. For the Christ child came as a light into great darkness. What darkness! There was no peace, no joy, no rest, no love... only great desire, great crying, tenacious faith, flickering...
Tragic Comedy
Not all humor comes from a light heart. Some of the most troubled souls are our most talented comedians. It has been said that humor is the best medicine, and sometimes it is; but often enough it can also be a...
Thou Shalt Not Work
The science of Psychology occasionally lapses into promoting as grand theories expressions of the obvious. Behaviorism emerged as an approach to understanding human psychology as a reaction to the more mysterious schools of thought such as Psychoanalysis which depended heavily...
The March of the Mercenaries
The story was that union activists attempting to organize and protest their arch nemesis, Walmart, were having difficulty convincing the Walmart employees, who they were ostensibly trying to help, to actually join in with the demonstrations. To "sweeten the pot"...