I’ve spent a lot of time talking with (girl)friends about what’s next for them. I want to help them start to think about “what’s next?” without hearing “not until I…” or “maybe when I…” or “I’m not ready” or “after…” or the worst: “I don’t know.” Here’s my advice…
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Social Security–So Simple A Caveman Could Understand
Posted: December 5, 2010 in Economics, News and politicsImage via Wikipedia Why did Bernie Madoff go to prison? To make it simple, he talked people into investing with him. Trouble was, he didn’t invest their money. As time rolled on he simply took the money from the new investors to pay off the old investors. Finally there were too many old investors and [...]
Do you support the use of embryonic stem cells for research?
Posted: May 18, 2010 in Health and wellness(This message thread was spawned by a question posted on Analytic News back in April ‘09.) Brad: NO. Farming aborted humans is evil. Stephen: Response to Brad, 04-21 @ 10:06 PM: What about IVF embryos being disposed of, which is where most of them come from? Brad: Response to Stephen, 04-21 @ 10:21 PM: "…embryonic [...]
(Note: I dug this out of my archives, and thought it still quite relevant. – Brad) By now you have heard all the arguments for and against homosexual marriage. What’s not being pointed out is a not very obvious outcome. In fact, this is the real agenda behind this "movement", and the funny thing is [...]
John Vigil For all you people that are celebrating this bill, let me give you just a little of what we can expect now: 1. Acute and severe shortage of doctors–especially primary care doctors.Why: Because this bill does nothing to change the primary problem of incredible waste and inefficiency in the current system which is [...]
I was reading a commentary in today’s Tacoma News Tribune, in which Paul Metzel, professor of philosophy at Pacific Lutheran University, attempts to make a case against Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna’s joining Florida’s (and 13 other states) lawsuit against the new Health Insurance Reform legislation (Obamacare) passed last week. Mr. Metzel proceeds to [...]
I just finished watching Avatar, a visually stunning movie written and produced by James Cameron. This film sets the bar high for combining real life with CGI-generated characters, in a fantastic foreign world. I believe this movie will be for my kids’ generation what the original Star Wars was for mine. And that’s where the [...]
from Remarks CBS Sunday Morning – Ben Stein The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary. My confession: I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit [...]
The good news is that they won’t be increasing your taxes! The bad news is that they will be levying penalties and fees that will indirectly affect the market in a big way. From a Congressional Budget Office letter to the Honorable Max Baucus, October 30th, 2009: “…but that would reduce budget deficits by about [...]
"…Ms. Ostrom “has challenged the conventional wisdom that common property is poorly managed and should be either regulated by central authorities or privatized. Based on numerous studies of user-managed fish stocks, pastures, woods, lakes, and groundwater basins, Ostrom concludes that the outcomes are, more often than not, better than predicted by standard theories.” People, all [...]
