The Catholic church has just experienced another major fiasco with regard to priests sexually abusing children. The idea that priests cannot marry is in direct conflict with the sexual impulses programmed into every human being by the Creator. In the end, this denial of sexuality of priests leads to ephebophilia which is sex with predominately post-puberty … Continue reading Catholic doctrine conflicts with human sexuality
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There is an advertisement from Amgen that discusses a pharmaceutical drug to treat osteoporosis, which is a disease that leads to decreased bone density and bone strength. Osteoporosis often leads to an increased risk of bone fractures. This article will discuss the health effects and efficacy of Prolia® versus the combination of vitamin K2, vitamin … Continue reading Pharmaceuticals versus nutraceuticals in the treatment of osteoporosis
January 1, 2010, will go down in history as the day that the Supreme Court of The United States (SCOTUS) made the worst First Amendment decision ever. The Citizens United vs Federal Election Commission (FEC) asserted that corporations and unions had the right to contribute unlimited funds to political candidates. This was based upon a … Continue reading Enabling the Prostitution of the US Government
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The decision to have an abortion is almost always a gut-wrenching decision on the part of the woman and often impacts the potential father as well. Few people making these decisions are deciding casually. Most will remember this period in their life as a very difficult one. The pressure to remove the choice … Continue reading Pro-Life is more than Pro-Birth
Empires have fallen throughout history due to unholy alliances. In the USA, we will look at one of these alliances since January 17, 1961. This is the date of the farewell speech of President Dwight Eisenhower. This is where he warned of the unholy alliance of the military-industrial complex. This alliance has bankrupted the … Continue reading Unholy Alliance – the US Military-Industrial Complex
Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his final speech on April 3, 1968, at a church in Memphis, TN. It has been called the Mountaintop Speech. This is an excerpt from that speech. It was a prophetic statement that came about in a few hours. Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot at 6:01 p.m. on April … Continue reading Take Me to the Mountain
50 years ago tomorrow, April 4, 1968, I flew from Pittsburgh to New York City for a job interview with Met Life. I was about to graduate from Carnegie-Mellon’s business school. I arrived in the late morning and had my job interview in the afternoon. I was staying at the Commodore Hotel, which sat next … Continue reading Night of Death and Kindness
Ego is a powerful energy that we all have. Ego is built into our DNA and develops over time for every person. Ego has many synonyms according to the dictionary: self-esteem, self-importance, self-worth, self-respect, self-image, self-confidence. The same dictionary defines ego from a psychoanalytical viewpoint: The part of the mind that mediates between the conscious … Continue reading Ego is energy that can be used for good or evil
When someone asked the Dali Lama what is the purpose of life, he responded: “to be happy.” That is good advice, but not always easy to do. Some of the key determinants of happiness or unhappiness revolve around personal relationships, response to change, and the ability to release anger and angst in a useful way. … Continue reading Finding Your Happiness – Express Version