Posts from ‘August, 2008’

When my eldest daughter was in the 7th grade and walking to school every day, I was surprised one morning by her arriving home about 10 am.  She was noticeably upset and marched straight down to her room, closed the door and lay on her bed. I gave her a moment or two and then [...]

The first news story I heard on Tuesday morning was about guns. Not just any old guns or ones that had been used to kill someone, this was a story about guns as school supplies. A town in Texas apparently is requiring all of its teachers to come to school with concealed weapons permits and [...]

I read recently that European Medical Researchers have discovered from the moment the Gut tells you that you are to experience Anger or Happiness, the chemical reactions start taking place, the brain becomes aware, and the start of the departure of those chemicals from your system, as an adult, is about 90 seconds!  What this [...]

I am not watching the conventions.  I am not disinterested or unconcerned, but I don’t wish to be confused by the entertainment factors, hype, and media analysis.   I am waiting for the printed speeches and the policies of each party to be available and then I am studying them like a mathematical problem that needs [...]