Earth and Environmental Scientist Peter Doran recently surveyed 3,146 scientists in an effort to clarify the “scientific consensus” on global warming. Professor Doran has previously complained that his study revealing cooling in the Antarctic had been misinterpreted, causing confusion in the global warming debate. Here we go again. Although I have not yet found...
Culture-Splitting Battle Quick … name one person, in all of world history, born as the result of a homosexual union. You can’t. It’s biologically impossible. Yet, we are seeing a neverending, culture-splitting battle to equate homosexual unions with those between men and women. No matter how you slice it, they’re not equivalent, and that’s...
“Who is Number One?” was the flatly intoned question actor Patrick McGoohan posed during the opening credits of the 1960s cult British television series, The Prisoner. The two-time Emmy Award-winning American-born actor has died at the Saint John’s Health Center, Santa Monica, California. He died on January 13, following a short illness at the...
I was fifteen years old. It was 1972. Mom had two coupons for free hair stylings at a local beauty college. She let me make use of both coupons. I don’t recall much about the first styling. I will never forget the second. The student hairdresser who would perform that styling introduced himself to...
House in Malibu On a February 28, 2008, appearance on Fox & Friends, I said that a woman meeting a man at a party will assess his value to her based purely on his profession: “If he says ‘I’m a doctor,’ she thinks, house in Malibu; if he says, ‘I’m a teacher,’ she thinks,...
The Definition of Manhood Mention the word feminine; most people understand it instantly. Jessica Alba, Beyoncé, and Scarlett Johansson come to mind. Now, try masculine. Puzzled? Stymied? That’s because the definition of manhood is in constant flux and dilution, as men have allowed misandrists — male and female — to marginalize them. There’s no...
The year 2008 was politically the most exciting and unusual in a generation. It hosted a long, divisive and drama filled campaign season that featured the rapid rise and fall of Rudy Guiliani, Fred Thompson and Mike Huckabee, the unlikely rise of John McCain and Barack Obama, and the eventual bitter defeat of Hillary...
Rubber Screwdriver The nonstop TV commercials touting cures for erectile dysfunction paint a dismal picture of widespread male inadequacy. It’s as though every handyman in America is trying to fix his wife’s pipes with a rubber screwdriver. Nonsense. According to the National Institutes for Health (NIH), only about 5 percent of 40-year-old men and...
Joyce Carol Oates’ “Expensive People†is a flamboyantly and deliberately perverse comic novel born (!) of a an extraordinary premise. According to Greg Johnson in “Understanding Joyce Carol Oates,†the author wondered if it would be possible to write from the viewpoint of “one’s own unborn, unconceived child, giving grotesque albeit comic reasons for...
In the epigram to “them,†Joyce Carol Oates quotes John Webster from “The White Devil,†as saying, “. . . because we are poor/Shall we be vicious?†The question echoes through this complicated, impassioned, and masterful novel. “them†focuses on Loretta, her son Jules and daughter Maureen. They are impoverished white people. They survive...
The information in this column is intended for informational purposes only, and does not constitute medical advice or recommendations by the author. Please consult with your physician before making any lifestyle or medication changes, or if you have any other concerns regarding your health. RADIATION TREATMENT OF PROSTATE CANCER & RISK OF SECOND CANCERS Exposure...
Actor David Tennant made an announcement Wednesday at the National Television Awards in the United Kingdom that he will end his time portraying the Tenth Doctor on the long-running BBC science fiction drama Doctor Who in 2009. The announcement came as part of Tennant’s speech accepting the outstanding drama performance award at the program....
“The Picture of Dorian Gray†(1945) keeps close to the brilliant novel that inspired it except for a few innovations that usually work to the film’s benefit. It departs from the book in giving an otherworldly explanation for the granting of Dorian’s wish that the portrait painted of him will grow old while he...
The film opens with what appears to be a 17th Century New England scene. Women in bonnets in big black hats are gathered around a dirty, disheveled woman being tied to a stake. She is identified as Elizabeth Selwyn (Patricia Jessel) who has been convicted of witchcraft. The angry villagers shout, “Burn, witch, burnâ€ÂÂ...
Author’s note: In honor of Halloween, I’m putting up reviews of horror films. Trick or treat, my friends! Black Sabbath (1963) is a trilogy of macabre tales given brief, blackly humorous introductions by the inimitable Boris Karloff, who stars in one of them. Each tale is intensely atmospheric. The best segment by far is...
Binary Property I love you. Three powerful words. They change lives. Are they real? Unlikely. Men and women blithely utter these three words as easily as politicians promise tax cuts. Do they mean it? Odds are, no. The test below will tell you for sure. Half of marriages end in divorce. What is a...
Internet rumors that talk show host Oprah Winfrey has been found dead in her Chicago, Illinois home are considered to be a hoax, connected with the online group known as Anonymous. Other reports say that the website 4chan.org is responsible for starting the rumor which began to spread quickly over the internet. The rumors...
Author’s note: This was published 30 days ago in the Bolivar Herald-Free Press. Aug. 26 has been National Dog Day since 2006. According to Holiday Insights, this special day “has two goals: to honor dogs, and to rescue dogs from homelessness and abuse.†Colleen Paige originated National Dog Day. She told Urban Dog that...
The Decatur Library is the largest library building in the DeKalb System of Atlanta, Georgia. Located at 215 Sycamore St. in Decatur, the library is right across from the Decatur MARTA Station. It has four floors and “is really two buildings put together,” according to Matt Montgomery, Public Information Officer of the Dekalb Library...
Bedroom Boredom Nobody was less shocked than I to learn that 87% of workplace professionals bring PDAs into their bedrooms and that 35% of them would choose these devices over their spouses. This is the finding of Sheraton Hotels & Resorts in a survey of 6500 execs from Australia, China, Germany, the UK, and...
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