-Lately, I hear in media, blogs, etc., how "country people" are stupid ( Read more... )

The "Books for Dummies" and the "Books for Idiots" series are translated into every major language, are big sellers, and sometime writers' names are changed to suit culture and people so that the readers of other cultures will be more 'receptive' of the advice ( Read more... )

Today will be short and sweet.
I want to tell you what I think of violence on TV and in video games.

It's great!

Does it make me violent...sure, for the time that I'm playing the game. But you know, when I'm not I am in the REAL world.

So today I read a report in the New York Times that suggested "studies generally show that violent video games ( Read more... )

Recently there has been continuous debate on the issue of what the state of Kansas calls "imminent design." At first, I thought, fine, they want to teach some religious version of human creation. We called it "creationism vs. evolution" in my day. Because of the change in terms, I may even still be confused on the point of the debate. I really don' ( Read more... )