You've probably heard these moral truths uttered before (to the point of ad nauseum): money can't buy you love; no matter how different we are (racially) outside, we're still all the same, a.k.a. Paul Haggis' Crash; prid...

This may seem at first to be a little bit like the last challenge blog I wrote. Actually, I re-read the last blog and it really got me started thinking. I love that my husband lives by "the code." It's not just chiv...

As much as I don't like the man on a personal level (and the few political issues which I won't go into for your sake), the social Liberal in me can't help but choose him over John McCain.  He's going to be the deat...

It's been more than a year since I updated this.  It's been many more visits with Oscar: thrice a month.  Three times every month I have to go downtown to talk with Oscar about the Pittsburgh Steelers, or other random aspects of life....

Continuing on the topic I set out last week when I blogged about Queen E, let's elaborate on another influential person of the past (this time though, one who is much more contemporary and very much still alive). Rubin H...

someone on the "Cloning your dog" post wrote this comment:I think, like the bible says, God formed you in your mother's womb and planned you. It might be the same for animals. I'm not really big on the thought of cloning...

I find it interesting that rational egoism often gets short shrift in the classes I have taken where the subject comes up. Especially since a belief in an egoist ethic is the underpinning of so much of our society. The s...

A lot has happened since my week of online sabbatical. I learned some good news and some bad ones. The bad ones does frustrate me and even when I know I had to stick by my values and principles, would I really be able to...

AN INTERESTING QUOTE:"Theology can be approached from two viewpoints: (1) Epistemology -- The study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity (Epistemology, t...

In case you haven't seen it, here's a link to today's Other Coast. Read it before you go on.For the movie Men in Black, director Barry Sonnenfeld reports (in the DVD commentary) that the HSUS required them not only to ca...