Monthly Archives: April 2018

“Are the Native Peoples of The Philippines… MALAYS? 1 I was surprised to learn Filipinos have been taught that they are “Malay”! The Malay Peninsula (on the East Shore of the Indian Ocean) is a LONG way from the Philippine Islands. At Rice, I learned the name of their Language Family as “MalayoPolynesian” — but […]

“Let’s make ourselves over. to cure the wrinkles, let’s think of something pleasant with all our hearts and minds. To cure the sharp tone in our voice, let’s talk a little less, and criticize others a little less and ourselves more.  To cure our conceit, let’s think how hateful we must be to others and […]

As Robert Heinlein was writing about in the 1940s, often politicians write, introduce, and even pass toothless, meaningless bills for political points. Both sides are complicit in allowing the others to do this to fool the constituents at home because they are more aligned with each other than with the voters at home. Recently, Democrats […]

Lifenews has it, too. https://apnews.com/744f77d7e0024e839e0e00fc722c0a40?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP&__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true&__twitter_impression=true Kudos to his courageous family for doing all they could to save him. They are his parents. They will still be grieving the emptiness in fifty years, when those defending this murder will have forgotten his name. They are his parents. They will be the ones sobbing and packing up […]