Myth one “It’s just a tiny percentage of priests who commit these crimes.” For more than a decade, numerous church leaders in America and in Rome emphatically claimed 1% or even less than 1% of priests molested children. By American bishops own self-survey, the “bare minimum” true figure is at least 4%. … Myth three [...]
Archive for February, 2004
The Fork in the Road: A Political Morality Play in One Act
The Keaton family was a peculiar family, they made every decision democratically. Their democratic tradition was a new one as far as family decision making in the world was concerned, but they were confident in their little democracy and stood by it as the fount of their shared happiness. Every choice they made was voted [...]
Bored in Massachusetts
Geez, and I thought Virginia was bad. I’ve spent all week sequestered in a hotel in Burlington, Mass and working 12 hour days, with nothing to do for miles around.
Exercise
In early Jan, I weighed 210. Then I saw this guy’s website. That helped me to motivate to get in shape – I started working out on a step machine that we bought, watched the diet, and began working out with dumbells. Now I’m 196 – almost halfway to my goal of 180 -my waist [...]
Union of Concerned Scientists – Bush Administration distorts scientific findings
“… The Bush administration’s misuse of science threatens to undermine this legacy. Specifically, the administration has distorted and suppressed scientific findings at federal agencies that contradict administration policies; undermined the independence of science advisory panels by subjecting panel nominees to political litmus tests that have little or no bearing on their expertise; nominated underqualified individuals, [...]
Papers Please
One balmy May evening back in 2000, Dudley was standing around minding his own business when all of a sudden, a policeman pulled-up and demanded that Dudley produce his ID. Dudley, having done nothing wrong, declined. He was arrested and charged with “failure to cooperate” for refusing to show ID on demand. And it’s all [...]
Don Henley – Killing the Music
“…Contrary to conventional wisdom, the root problem is not the artists, the fans or even new Internet technology. The problem is the music industry itself. It’s systemic. The industry, which was once composed of hundreds of big and small record labels, is now controlled by just a handful of unregulated, multinational corporations determined to continue [...]
Run of bad scope luck
When I originally put together my rifle system, I used some cheap Weaver mounts and rings on my Savage to attach my scope. Hey – I figured that I needed more skill then super precise mounting equipment – I would upgrade when my skill increased. Last time I took my scope off, I noticed that [...]
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