If you read “What is a GMO? (And why do so many people want them banned?),” you may be wondering… Am I eating GMOs? Yeah, you probably are. Despite all the effort I put into avoiding them, I know I am. I know my kids are. That is because … Continue reading
You might think it’s a little strange (hypocritical, even) to pause in the middle of a blog series on GMOs, and why so many people want them banned and how to avoid them to write about Jell-O Cookies. Jell-O, of course, being a GMO-laden concoction, which also contains … Continue reading
You may have been hearing a lot about GMOs, or genetically modified organisms, over the past few weeks. At the end of May, millions of people from all over the world participated in the March Against Monsanto to protest GMOs and the company Monsanto, which is a giant in the GMO … Continue reading
Over the past couple of weeks I have noticed a shocking—and disturbing—lack of discussion regarding the constitutional disaster that occurred in Boston after the tragic bombing at the Boston Marathon. One would think that wanton disregard for the United States Constitution in the city that birthed the American Revolution (just as the … Continue reading
Not that long ago, when a kid nibbled his breakfast pastry into a shape, someone might have told him to stop messing around and finish his breakfast. Now, if he does it at school, he can be suspended. Well, he can if someone decides that his nibbled pastry looks like … Continue reading
I found this picture on one of the “Guns Are Bad” Facebook pages that have become so popular lately. My friends share the pictures and I get a few on my newsfeed every day: Some of the pictures are witty, a lot of them … Continue reading
Every so often, during public discourse, people don’t agree. Sometimes, some of the people, lacking either the ability or the willingness to argue the thing on its merits, resort to the old ad hominem standby—you know, just give up on reasoned discourse and attack the other person. Personally. Or, better … Continue reading
I didn’t want my very first blog post ever to be about guns or politics. I knew I would be writing about politics from time to time; I have opinions—strong ones—and a yearning to exercise my over-educated legal brain in a way that isn’t usually met in the space between … Continue reading
