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Only narcissists would create a display with the intent of being offensive to a distinct group of people and then gaslight them into believing that they are over-reacting when said group reveals that they are indeed offended. I find it even more egregious when members of the group attacked come against their own in the…

It’s not so much that we are sitting, as much as it is WHERE we are sitting. Sitting is good. Sitting is necessary (particularly at the mall when you wife is shopping). Sitting is restful. One can contemplate and observe when one sits. One might see some things that others who are not sitting may…

On this day in history, Jan. 22, 1973, the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in Roe v. Wade — claiming that the restrictive state regulation of abortion (in Texas) was unconstitutional. 50 years. 50 years of horror and darkness and death in America. More than 63 million abortions are estimated to have taken place…

As a high school art teacher, I always encouraged my students to think “outside the box,” to find new ways of doing things, to explore new options, to experiment. That is the essence of learning: to try, fail, and to try again, sometimes to fail again, but ultimately to succeed. Never did I attempt to…

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your…