In the preface to the third edition of "Frankenstein", Mary Shelley described a villa party in which Lord Byron challenged each of them to begin a ghost story. In attendance also was Percy Shelley, and Byron's physician Polidori. She described her inability to come up with an idea until one sleepless night in her room, behind closed shutters "with the moonlight struggling to get through".She...
read moreThe least convincing argument for government-run schooling is that it provides a 'social' experience for children. Anyone who attended school has horror stories about the behavior kids learn from the social environment at schools and, if you are a parent with a school age child, you might even worry about it more than be relieved.Single-sex schools would seem to relieve some of that...
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In Morocco, the native Tamri goats love the berries of Argan trees they literally climb into the branches to get them. Multi-purpose circle of life bonus; the feces of the Tamri contain Argan seed kernels which local farmers then grind into an oil used in cooking and...
read moreOpponents of nationalized health care have been concerned about a slippery slope of preexisting conditions that would create a ghetto for people that are culturally unfashionable.Employers burdened with mandated health insurance by the federal government will think about yet another cost when it comes hiring time; a history of illness? No job. Obese? No job. And the only...
read moreIt is more shocking to read about San Francisco residents wanting less government busybody interference than about gay nudists, but that's Frisco for you.The Castro district, home of the gay rights movement starting in the 1960s, which included desiring more government involvement in securing their rights, has a contingent who don't always think they should be told to wear pants. Maybe that...
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