A few thoughts about how people look at people. [More]

...and how we're all helping. A look at short memes, patriotism, free expression, and cogent reasoning. [More]

Sometimes people forget that ideals are ideals - goals to be attained, not entitlements to be demanded in defiance of all common sense. [More]

There’s a partial solution in our hands to the ongoing energy crisis that we are overlooking.  Perhaps this is because it’s a little inconvenient, it’s a pretty serious change (but a ridiculously easy one) and the energy savings are fractional – for real impact, it would require almost 100% participation. Are you ready for the idea?  Here it is: Urban Headlight Zones. To wit:  In areas that are already adequately lit by municipal or state fixtures – cities, urban highways, tollways, anyplace that is well-lighted at night (we can even define well-lighted if you want) – elimin... [More]

My objection isn't that the anti-abortion lobby bought ad time. It's a free country. My objection is that we as a nation continue to allow bottom-feeding fear-mongering snake-oil salesmen like James Dobson and his crew of blue-nosed hypocrites to coexist and be given equal intellectual consideration with facts and objective reality. [More]

"Everybody lies about sex." - Robert Heinlein. [More]