If biology isn’t the basis for family, that makes a controversial subject even stickier: Interracial adoptions. I saw a young Black girl dancing in an Irish dance competition […]
rant / sociology
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Biology is not Family
Family is not biology. Can we just get that out there? Sure, many times biology is equivalent to family. Many – possibly even most – children are parts […]
racism / rant / sociology
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Prejudice or politeness?
Some of the racial prejudice I’ve seen recently (and locally) is excused by social and behavioral differences. Many Black people in this area tend to be louder and […]
rant / sociology
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Unrequited Belonging
There’s something similar between Circvs Maximus, the Escape Artists forum, FireflyFans.net, any political campaign, Boy Scouts, and the Catholic Church. They want you. As I came out of […]
rant / silly
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Wonder why fireworks are illegal?
Man loses part of leg in fireworks accident Police said a man lost part of his leg when fireworks exploded inside his truck while he was parked outside […]
dayton / economics / rant
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Re-Investing in Dayton (or your city, too)
Both today’s letter to the editor and the longer expanded version hint strongly at Keynesian economics. Unfortunately, “Keynesian economics” is as broad a term as “liberal” or “conservative”, […]