No one is perfect. As such, at times correction and admonition may need to be promulgated to set the ethically concerned back on the right path.
When issued by those adhering to the high standards to which they profess, such criticism can be looked upon as a helpful corrective to assist equals in living up to their potential. However, when such accusations are leveled or sustained by those with no intentions of living up to the standard themselves, the maligned should turn the tables...
by Frederick Meekins
(Posted on September 07, 2008) (18 Views)
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Milk occupies a special place in our lives and language. It has been dubbed "Nature's most perfect food," and we speak sentimentally of the "land of milk and honey" and the "milk of human kindness." Dairy products represent important nutrient sources in much of the world, containing calcium and high-quality protein.
Fourteen years ago, after a lengthy review, the Food and Drug Administration approved a protein called recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST), or bovine growth...
by HenryMiller
(Posted on September 04, 2008) (56 Views)
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While Republican conservatives were looking at Govs. Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty to fill the VP slot for Sen. John McCain, there was a distant buzz. Another name was floating around.
The day after Barack Obama gave his convention speech at Denver's Invesco Field, which was brimming with tens of thousands of enthusiastic Democrats, there came a stunning announcement. John McCain selected the first Republican woman VP candidate, Sarah "Baracuda" Palin.
The Democrat's big night was blunted....
by Marie Jon'
(Posted on September 03, 2008) (64 Views)
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As you know, my biggest pet peeve is media bias
The outright censoring of the movie The Path To 9/11 is a blatant example of how liberals whitewash history, and in particular, how post-Clinton Administration officials could strongarm a television network into altering an artist's work, later to keep that work from the American people.
It also shows how irrelevant and unnecessary The Fairness Doctrine is when liberals are motivated and work...
by BobParks
(Posted on August 27, 2008) (104 Views)
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To those of us whose vocations consist largely of commenting on the momentous trends and events going on all around us, it can be easy to fall for the delusion that ultimately the world itself orbits those of us observing it.
Fred Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church has gained for himself and his congregation a degree of notoriety for his insistence that "God Hates Fags".
One can at least argue with this proposition as either incorrect or for at least failing to remember the distinction...
by Frederick Meekins
(Posted on August 25, 2008) (103 Views)
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Prince Charles's stand against agribusiness is misguided. Genetic modification has long made products better and safer
Once again, Prince Charles has demonstrated a pitfall of the sort of...
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I never knew my maternal grandparents. During the 19-teens, my maternal grandmother died of a wound infection following a routine gall-bladder operation. A few years later, her husband, my...
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Every time violence erupts somewhere in the world, our national leaders and news media make it sound like that particular outbreak is America's greatest threat. The conflict between Russia and...
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The mainstream media and the presumptive nominee from the Democrat Party have done a pretty good job of steering the electorate’s attention to issues of a domestic nature. It wasn’t hard to do. With...
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It's bad enough that those living under the heal of tyranny have their God-given rights suppressed, but one expects to hear of this transpiring in less-developed countries that have never really...
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It has become a stereotypical pattern with men. A lad with a salad-days libido has a girl in every port, plays fast and loose with feelings and...
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As culture passes through various stages of technological development, the science fiction of a particular point in history often reflects the...
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