How do we balance honouring our mothers, fathers, and other elders against the upbringing of others whose relationships with their elders were fundamentally different?
Many religious and cultural traditions have a variation on this principle. There is a practical and social benefit to according the guardians of our youth proper respect. Ideally, bonds are sown in [...]
Is Romo a bust teetering on the waiver wire, or a stud waiting to break out on the world’s largest stage? The truth is, he may be a little of both.
I’m verbally pugilistic.
And tho’ you may not dig me at first, I grow on you like something cystic.
I’m not being narcissistic,
But for you to try and out-word me, that’s like a mortal tryna battle a mystic.
This ain’t gon’ go 12 rounds of 3 . . . you’d just end up paying defeat a visit.
For you [...]
Karen Armstrong has a new book out, A Case for God. No, I haven’t read the book. But I’m going to critique it anyway, justified by the fact that I’m familiar with her thinking, I heard her interviewed about it on NPR, and I read an excerpt of it. But that doesn’t really matter. I’ve [...]
From discussion boards to weblogs to social networking sites, the Internet provides ready platforms for self-expression and self-publishing. But what has been lost in the free-for-all is clear thinking and articulate debate. Our collective hunger for mental stimulation and interaction is being fed the junk food of inane Facebook updates and intellectually vacuous discussion board [...]
