In this column I pose questions and raise issues. I don't always agree with the conclusion, implied or stated. The purpose is to put a slightly different spin on each item and to promote discussion.
- Those who complain the loudest about government waste are often the biggest beneficiaries of tax-funded programs.
- If the core characteristic of "white privilege" is the expectation of fairness, then our focus should be on changing conditions such that everybody regardless of race expects fairness. Most programs, however, seem more committed to changing white expectations.
- Better to carry a little anger on the outside than a lot of anger on the inside.
- Thirty years ago, before all the fuss about objectifying women as "sex objects" (while ignoring that men were "success objects"), our language treated people like people: "The girl who lives in the house down the lane," "the men who has the big nose." After three decades of sensitivity training, our language now objectifies everybody: "The girl that lives in the house down the lane." "the man that has the big nose." What kind of progress is this?
- Life happens: live it, or lose it.
- Nature has its own way of dealing with the childless.
- By agreeing with the "women are victims and men are villains" rhetoric and passing laws and policies reflecting this view, conservatives have had as much to do with the moral decline of America as any liberal. The likes of Bill Clinton are as much a product of conservatism as of liberalism.
- If a thing is considered polite in one culture, but rude in another, in the spirit of diversity we would expect both views to be respected.
- When was the last time you changed the course of history? Big changes begin with small choices. Do something that makes a difference today.
- Pop feminist laws and social programs enable young women to behave irresponsibly.
- Moving factories to space would lighten the load of manufacturing pollutants on our earthly environment.
- Microsoft destroyed a lot of competitors, ruined a lot of lives and grew enormously wealthy with their monopolistic business practices. Even assuming they adjust their practices to conform to the law now, it amounts to little more than a slap on the hand. The message this sends to other businesses is, break laws that limit profits and vigorously contest every effort to force compliance, because by the time the courts finally do clamp down, you will have made billions. Bottom line: breaking the law is good for business.
- During the 1980s and 90s studies indicating men need women (as if there was any secret about it) prompted pop feminists to jeer that if men would only learn to rely on other men more, they would need women less. How ironic, as the more men rely on one another, the less power women will have over them. This is exactly what is happening.
- As liposuctioned fat is a rich source of stem cells, will high priced plastic surgeons be replaced by free fat harvesting clinics that perform liposuction for free and make their money from selling stem cells?
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