Monthly Archives: February 2012

You Lack Humanity. No, Seriously, You Do.

It all started so simply, as most drama does. My dad posted a video of an interview with Chris Matthews and Bill Maher. As usual, one of my dad’s friends, Norman, had to respond. Also, as usual, pretty soon Norman began to spout off some rather disturbing stuff. I knew what to expect, as Norman [...]

One Person’s Pain Is Another Person’s Misery

The Glee episode last night featured a comment by one of the main characters that suicide is selfish.  It isn’t an uncommon utterance. In fact, if you do a simple search on Google with the words suicide and selfish, it returns 10.5 million results.  So, clearly, this is something that many people either believe or [...]

Obscenity and You: An American Guide to Censorship

How many people were actually offended by M.I.A. during last night’s halftime show? My guess is not many. For the most part, I bet people didn’t even notice. I know that I didn’t notice. Hell, I was online the whole time and I don’t remember seeing anyone even mention it. Somehow, though, someone did. And [...]