One argument for for God is that, even if he's merely a creation of human imagination, he still serves some useful functions. First, by ...

In a perfect world, everyone would be prepared for death. You'd have the funeral arrangements made in advance, the headstone selected an...

When Dad passed away earlier this month, I did what I could to help with the expenses by buying the coffin. I had to put it on a credit card...

Sidney W. Maxey , Jr. February 20, 1940 - November 7, 2009 You were once a presence full of light upon this earth, and I am here to witness...

The big development this week in the health care debate is that it looks like the senate will move ahead with a public option, i.e, a plan v...

I just got back from Washington, DC, where I stayed with my friend Mr. Cavin and his lovely bride Sunshine. They were courteous hosts for m...

After my anti-Obama peace prize rant of two weeks ago, this morning I wake up to discover that Obama is issuing a directive telling federal ...

This weekend at Capclave, I'll be on a panel discussing Darwin. The panel description reads: Darwin was born 200 years ago. Why are his...

I hurt my hand at work yesterday, pulling one of my flexor tendons in my left hand. I was told to try to lay off using the hand until it hea...

Since the relaunch of Bitterwood.net , the boards have been plagued with adbots. Browsing the board this morning, I was struck this morning ...

One thing has been bugging me in all this Acorn video frenzy. (If you don't know what the Acorn videos are, google them.) It's true...

I've discussed this topic before, but after Max Baucus announced his health care reform bill this week, I've found myself once more ...

In the context of the health care debate, I've been hearing a lot of people assert that access to health care is a fundamental human rig...

Frequent visitors to this blog have probably noticed the name Loren Eaton in the comments section. Loren recently invited me to write a gue...

I'll admit it: Most of my posts focus on gripes and frustrations. Readers of my blog might come away with the impression that I'm ki...

For the last couple of months, the stock market has climbed almost as fast as it fell around the end of last year. A lot of people were won...

I'm more than a little conflicted on the issue of health care reform. Seldom has an issue presented such a contradiction between my phi...

One reason it hasn't been too dificult to cut back on my news consumption (see my previous post), is that some of my once favorite right...

So, I spent most of the week steering clear of the news, but broke down yesterday and read a newspaper at lunch. I'd been hearing chatt...

Sorry for the lack of updates the last two weeks. I took a vacation and went down to Myrtle Beach and avoided the internet as much as possi...