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Nancy A. Nord was nominated by President George W. Bush to be a commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) for a term that expires in October of 2012. The CPSC is supposed to protect the public against unreasonable risks of injury and death associated with consumer products. You know, lead. Things like that.
Nord [...]

I posted a little while ago about the little boy who couldn’t see a future for himself outside of the JWs. All Jehovah’s Witness children grow up this way.
Watch this short new video to get a sense of the kind of message that all JWs - even children - hear ad nauseum. Notice the way [...]

Here’s a turnaround. I’m asking readers for your viewpoint and advice.
Something very upsetting happened last night and I’m trying to understand where things broke down, how I should evaluate the whole thing, and what - if anything - I should do about it.
Background: We’ve been friendly with a family in the neighborhood for a [...]

Republican Culture of Corruption: 2007 So Far is a pretty good list - see any themes?
On this Larry Craig scandal in particular, I’m struck again by how destructive it is when people cannot accept themselves for who they are. There is a strange doubling of the personality. People talk about hypocrisy, but it’s [...]

Children’s views on angels.
I only know the names of two angels. Hark and Harold.
~Gregory, 5
Everybody’s got it all wrong. Angels don’t wear halos anymore. I forget why, but scientists are working on it.
~Olive, 9
It’s not [...]

Ben’s birthday celebration started Tuesday - on his “real” birthday - with our family celebration and a visit from his uncle (my brother) and family. The big party was yesterday. Last year, there were a dozen kids in his kindergarten class. We invited everybody, and then a couple of other friends as well. This [...]

These people - yes, that’s the perjorative phrase “these people” - fill me with bewilderment, disgust and just plain old loathing.
Baby used as a weapon:
In Erie, Pennsylvania, a month-old baby was critically injured when anti-mom Chytoria Graham (27) “allegedly” swung the baby through the air to strike her boyfriend - with her baby - [...]