Collecting My Thoughts

You look at the list of ingredients on the internet for your cosmetics for gluten free products, but with ingredients like polybutene, octyd...

Richard, at Three Score and Ten tells the story of a friend who got a very creative gift for high school graduation. "One of the guys i...

This should resonate with every kid, because in junior high no one thinks he's cool. Vada Mitchell aka L.E. wrote this. He's a Colu...

Neo-Neocon writes: "A number of readers felt that the high rates of unemployment among the young is a case of just desserts: serves the...

"Contrary to popular belief, married couples do not become more similar over time, according to a team of researchers led by Michigan S...

Vanity Fair has a very unflatteringly article about Sarah Palin--hostile, some might call it. Nothing sells magazines like a negative Sarah...

"The older I get, the fewer books I finish, and the more I read highly selectively — fast forward set on high. This is either the gett...

I got a 2 disk Time Life Superstars of Country Easy Loving (2005) at a yard sale in Lakeside for $1.00. There were several others--wish I...

If you've ever wondered how many are in the various religious groups, here's a good chart. Library of World Religions and Spiritua...

I've been to 5 grocery stores / supermarkets and can't find a can of pumpkin. If you have one, better hang on to it. I gave my stas...

I'm not sure how historians date "progressivism." Some equate it with socialism and marxism. If so, that's a bit more re...

When I was at the University of Illinois, Robert Ebert was writing for the Daily Illini . We knew then he would go on to something big. Ye...

This article says his British wife, Zeta-Jones is furious that his throat cancer was stage 4 before discovered. Well, he's probably been...

After watching live streaming of Restoring Honor by Glenn Beck last Saturday, it occurred to me I might be watching the start of the 3rd Gre...

Wall Street usually favors the Democrats, lavishing contributions on Democratic candidates and causes. What? you say. Well, look. If they c...

Maybe the USDA and HHS, which revise their guidelines every 5 years, don’t have all the answers? “. . . ever since the first set of federal...

October 2 is an important date in union history. Obviously, the rally organizers chose October 2 [hyperbole alert and snark, in case you m...

If you think you'll find a more accepting congregation when you leave your church because of the gay marriage/gay pastor controversies (...

Wow. Libs are running scared. Who knew they'd get so spooked by a little preaching and hand holding and praying on the Mall last week....

About 35 years ago I read James Cone's book on black liberation theology. I didn't find it too alarming, but I can't remember i...