Bookworm on Nov 18 2011 | Filed under: Parenting, personal responsibility
Tweet 11B40 asked a good question, which is why I’m so focused on McQueary, when it was Sandusky who committed the crime. It’s because I have no fellow feeling with Sandusky who, if the allegations are true, is a perverted monster. I therefore don’t need to analyze my behavior or parenting decisions with regard to [...]
Bookworm on Oct 01 2009 | Filed under: Health, personal responsibility
Tweet All of us have long known that poverty in America isn’t like poverty anywhere else in the world. There really isn’t anything here comparable to the poverty in Haiti, or Calcutta, or large swathes of Africa. Even poor people have televisions and phones. And it’s apparent that a surprising number of people who are [...]
Don Quixote on Jul 03 2008 | Filed under: Capitalism, Children, personal responsibility, Welfare
Tweet Here in California, the hands-free cell phone law went into effect July 1. (By the way, does anyone know whether there was an actual increase in traffic accidents after cell phones became popular?) This morning, I heard a story that said that 1,800 fires and dozens of injuries resulted from fireworks last year. Of course, [...]
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