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April 18, 2023

Couple’s choreographed suicide by guillotine ends with heads rolling into fire altar

A couple in India — more like Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette than Romeo and Juliet — committed suicide using something like a guillotine to decapitate themselves, and they added the element of fire.

April 12, 2023

Florida rep on trans people: ‘Demons,’ ‘mutants not of this world.’ Late-night host: ‘Dumbass’

How far will bigots go to dehumanize transgender people? A lawmaker in Florida of all places demonstrated at a public meeting with no shame or embarrassment.

March 27, 2023

No more confessions: Priest banned for supporting bill to require reporting child abuse

A Catholic priest has been banned from hearing confessions. The controversy started when he endorsed a bill that would require priests to report any child abuse or neglect.

March 17, 2023

Corned beef allowed on St. Patrick’s Day? Depends where you live

March 17 means St. Patrick’s Day, but there’s also the obligation for some Christians to abstain from meat during Lent. So what does one do?

February 20, 2023

DeSantis takes aim at The College Board by looking into ‘classic’ alternative to its SAT

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fired his first shot at The College Board when he rejected an advanced placement African American studies course, saying it pushes a political agenda. Now, it seems he was just getting started.

October 25, 2022

Dad sues Palm Beach Co. schools, says teacher ‘put up 2 gay pride’ flags, ‘proselytized’

A father in Palm Beach County is suing the school district — along with his 12-year-old son’s school, the principal, and teacher — but not exactly under a controversial new Florida law.

September 6, 2022

Police: Couple invited 14-year-old girl to a movie but performed a sexual nightmare

A young couple from South Florida is in trouble for allegedly playing adult games with a teenage girl. They invited her to the movies, but police say they picked her up and brought her to their apartment instead.

June 28, 2022

Some sales tax holidays coming quickly, money-savers among new laws taking effect Friday

July 1 means new laws go into effect in Florida and there will be several important changes — along with new ways to save money — taking effect on Friday.

May 4, 2022

Friend-with-benefits facing several charges of violence against woman, her brother

They seemed to have a good thing going, so what went terribly wrong that their relationship got written up in an arrest report?

December 27, 2020

I got your book, Tom Cantor

And I hope you wish I didn’t! It seems most people would want everyone to be more like them, as opposed to wanting others…

December 5, 2020

Dan Rather: Raising a ruckus in a good way from Texas to TV, and now the Twitterverse

You may not have heard much about Dan Rather lately. I don’t remember seeing him on TV except as a guest on NBC News,…

October 23, 2020

When to talk and when to not

The idea for this blog post came today when I noticed an article called “Where cancel culture stops,” by Yisroel Besser in Mishpacha magazine, meant for Orthodox Jews. (I apologize…

May 1, 2020

Is Facebook facing the fact its Community Standards struck out with me 3 times in one night?

If you’re a longtime reader, then you’ve probably seen the phase I went through, ending articles with this phrase: If you appreciate what you…

March 22, 2020

Coronavirus doesn’t favor any group over another, so we shouldn’t with money

I had several blog posts half-written and want to finish them, but I’ve been too busy with other things, including reconstructing posts in this…

October 28, 2019

“Your rights in Philadelphia as it pertains to anti-discrimination in your employment are solid”

Really? There’s something about catching up on a newspaper or magazine when you’ve fallen behind in your reading. This past weekend, I read both…

July 11, 2019

Netroots Nation’s national conference in town, and how I heard of it

Lots of people interested in politics and next year’s Democratic presidential nomination will have their eyes focused on the Pennsylvania Convention Center through Saturday….

July 8, 2019

Video: First fiery justice, then the law

A man the BBC calls a “far-right extremist” — who set fire to a synagogue, a year ago — first went down in flames…

May 2, 2019

Thinking about religion, belief and recent violence

Vacation time is up. We’re into May and I haven’t written a “real blog post” for you in a month and a half, since…

March 16, 2019

Control of the media after the mosque attacks in New Zealand

THANK YOU to the two new followers from over the past week, bringing the total up to 116. I hope you like what you…

I’ve had another busy week with some big stories I had to write quickly. Reminds me of old times. Notice here, four stories on…

January 22, 2019

Martin Luther King Day, a victim of the (official) Women’s March

First off, yes, I may be a day late, but this is definitely not a dollar short! I wanted to make sure this post…

January 7, 2019

Odds, ends and new beginnings

It’s always good to be remembered, and hopefully being your last new year’s message of the year will keep some of my thoughts on…

January 2, 2019

Banned from Facebook pages twice in 2 days!

Sometimes, interesting things happen when you read friends’ Facebook pages. I’m not talking about going to look on purpose, which I’ve done before. I’m…

December 12, 2018

Exposing hate, close to home (as if acceptable anywhere)

My interest started when I was looking at my Facebook feed over the weekend and saw this post from a former coworker. Obviously, we’re…

November 4, 2018

Difficult week, from anger to sadness, as election approaches

I don’t remember a seven-day period like the time since last Saturday. That’s when I woke up, turned on the TV, and saw what…

October 28, 2018

Not a good day for political thoughts, the USA as a whole

I’ve known I had another blog post “due” before the election, if you know how I think, but too much on my mind and…

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