Michael Gallahger on road rage? Really?
Yesterday morning Mike Gallagher was telling this story about a woman behind him on the freeway honking at him. He was enraged that she was expressing supposed road rage towards him. Really? From his side of the story he was … Continue reading
Antiquated TV restrictions
TV programming has traditionally been licensed based on geography. That was fine when programming was broadcast over local airwaves. Today though we have more and more content broadcast over the Internet which is completely geography free. Well, except when TV … Continue reading
Porsche: Why buy a car from a company whose ads annoy people?
Porsche put an ad up on Foxnews today (and Fox allowed them to) that ranks as one of the most annoying ads I’ve seen recently. You go to foxnews’ web page and then have to wait for the Porsche ad … Continue reading
Stuff
Good News Though the numbers aren’t yet in full agreement, it appears that divorce is going out of fashion. For years it was almost fashionable to get divorced, particularly for women who were now earning a good living and wanted … Continue reading
Preventing Sex Offenses III – Alternatives
Note: this is part of an ongoing series on the extremely high rate of sex offenses in the U.S. This was triggered by several recently involving people close to me. Part I – Guys Can Be Such Jerks Part II … Continue reading
Dr. Ablow on Sandusky and Fine
I’m not much of a fan of Fox News’ Dr. Keith Ablow. He often tends to have a somewhat myopic view of the world, people, and human perfection, and believes that all would be great if we’d all just do … Continue reading
CNN’s Shallow Rape Reporting
The story of a 21-year-old woman known as Gulnaz has gained a fair bit of press coverage over the past few weeks. She was raped by her cousin’s husband, and SHE was the one put in jail. AND, apparently, forced … Continue reading
More on OWS, and Greece
Greed. Perhaps the most common point the Occupy folks seem to be making is that they are protesting greed. On the other hand, many of them have been shouting that someone should pay for them to go to university. Who’s … Continue reading
Preventing Sex Offenses: I – Self Prevention
Part I – Guys Can Be Such Jerks Part II – Who Are Sex Offenders? Note: Accurate statistics regarding sex and sex offenses are extremely difficult to come by. I have included my best guesstimates based on numerous studies but … Continue reading
Economy: The last thing we need is a ‘Jolt’
In his speech yesterday Obama screamed that our economy needs a ‘jolt’. It doesn’t. The last thing we need is a jolt. Jolts go one way and then the other. What we need is slow steady solid organic growth that … Continue reading