Who Would Bathe in the Filthy Ganges?

Read MoreWhat compels otherwise rational people to dive head-first into a cesspool filled with shit, piss, garbage, and bacteria?
Why — religion, of course!

Read MoreWhat compels otherwise rational people to dive head-first into a cesspool filled with shit, piss, garbage, and bacteria?
Why — religion, of course!

Read MoreWhen necessary, Hollywood must be permitted to apply dramatic license in order to tell a good story. That usually makes for a better movie. However, no filmmaker should blatantly lie about the historical record and get away with it, without scrutiny. That’s precisely what movie director Ava DuVernay has done with her grotesque portrayal of President Lyndon B. Johnson in the film, “Selma,” which has rightfully ignited lots of controversy among both historians and movie critics.

Read MoreEven if the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea did orchestrate the attacks, the American intelligence community and defense contractors will most certainly exaggerate the dangers, which have already happened since the mushrooming of the bloated military-industrial complex since 9/11, authorized by the Patriot Act.

Read MoreThe NFL’s toughest player isn’t who you might think. This weekend, as he starts his final game of what’s been a nightmare season, my vote goes to the bruised, battered, and too-often beaten quarterback of the hapless New York Jets — Geno Smith.

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There’s no such thing as “normal.” We all look and act differently. Each of us perceives things separately. All of us think in unique ways. Each one of us must contend with the influences which shape our lives and mold us into becoming individuals. No one’s single experience, nor a reaction to it, is quite the same. Hence, being “normal” becomes an apparition.
Normality does not exist.