The nanny state critique is not new. However, it has become increasingly important due to the nature of modern health risks. Global death and disability outside Sub-Saharan Africa are overwhelmingly caused by l
There is a tipping point in this evocation: what is carried forward must be essential. Some call it the fantasy of progress. This aging project, and what gets produced as a result of that subjective process, becomes a mutual attachment to the transmutable effect of paying attention. What ...
While bored at work the other day, I was browsing the web and came across a number of Galactica-flavoured bumper stickers such as the topic above. Anyway, as I am sometimes prone to do, I made one of them my MSN away message. It said “I’m not a Cylon, but my imaginary girlfrie...
the fear of dying, the anger that you are dealt with this hand, the lack of control of your body, your life, and the crippling uncertainty of what is beyond the horizon.
Unveiled as a luxurious upgrade to its predecessor, the Rickenbacker 4001 bass guitar boasts a rich legacy, making it a favored choice for many celebrated musicians. Launched in 1961 and produced until the early '80s, the 4001 is recognized for its extended list of renowned users. Bass players...
More than two weeks have gone by, and Trump’s success is still all too much for some of them to take. A good few are reacting in an embarrassingly theatrical manner. Abandoning Twitter/X and flouncing off to the echo chamber of Bluesky. Rob Reiner is signing himself into some kind of...
Distribution of printed materials:Members use National Alliance printed materials—single-issue stickers and flyers, printed versions of our online publications, and others—to reach the public. By distributing these materials in their communities, they raise public consciousness of important issues, provid...
Money is what makes the world go round, and when you’ve got enough of the stuff, you can get car manufacturers to build whatever the hell you like, Sultan of Brunei style. And this Flying Spur Estate is exactly what I’d like. SUVs are the current flag-bearers for luxurious, ...
Just this weekend I called someone who is a stranger “quarrelsome” while quoting 2 Timothy 2:22-26. I thought, and even prayed, over my comment to this person before posting it… but this was someone who had questioned the integrity of a preacher I admire a lot. A preacher who ...
This approach he called operant conditioning, a theory based on Edward Thorndike’s 1898 law of effect principle. Skinner used the termoperantto describe “any active behavior that operates upon the environment to generate consequences.” Operant conditioning is based on a relatively simple premise. ...