What if there is no cure for cancer? What if what we are not supposed to get what we want? What if the meaning of life is to simply accept it? What if this is as good as it gets for race relations in America? What if the terrorists are right? What if one day they discover that air fresheners caused brain damage? What if life as we know it is really hell and we’re destined repeat it until we…
Welcome to Chantilly Montessori, brought to you by Ford. Why not? In Charlotte, our public school system is facing a 100 million dollar shortfall for the next school year. Just, wow. I’m not going to get into why this happened and who is to blame, that’s for the politicians. Rather, I’m going to talk about a possible solution that I do know something about – advertising. While the rest of the universe might be digging its way out of a recession…
Love has no beginning and no end. It is the pulse of life. Instinctual in nature. A constant that has existed forever and will continue to exist until the day this rock explodes. As infants, we understand this logic as truth. But then life takes hold and drives us away from our instinct and toward our desires. Yet, the more we manipulate love, based on what we want it to be, the farther we are from the truth. You might…
You can’t walk into a corner store these days without the police blotter newspaper slapping you in the face. What was originally designed as a shameful deterrent to criminals has become something like a badge of honor. Who else is buying these papers, little old ladies trying to keep their neighborhoods safe? Right. It used to be that sex sells. Now it’s mugshots. If mugshots didn’t sell, my local ABC affiliate wouldn’t rotate them in the marginalia of their home…
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One of the great things about being an American is that we can all have guns. If you’re 21, and you’ve got a clean record, you can have one too. It’s your birthright, so you may as well take advantage of it. If you’re smart, you’ll own more than one. Because when you think about it, one gun might not be enough. Unless it’s a semi-automatic – which you’re welcome to own as well. So if you get a gun…
