Monthly Archives: January 2007

Revenge may be sweet, but it is almost always costly—so costly in fact that, from a strictly cost benefit analysis, a person is very rarely better off on account of having sought and obtained revenge.  Indeed, it is often the … Continue reading →

Some of the most horrendous form of cruelty that I have both witnessed and experienced, short of brutal physical cruelty, can be properly characterized as black-on-black cruelty.  The viciousness that blacks can display towards one another over the issue of … Continue reading →

I personally know three individuals who have shared with me the fact that they were adopted.  These are three very talented people.  More importantly, all three of them are among the most well-adjusted and highly motivated people that I know.  … Continue reading →

In an article that appeared in The Seattle Times entitled “Animals Exhibit “Gay” Behavior” (19 June 2005), we find this fascinating sentence: “From whales to buffalo to Caspian terns, a profusion of animals exhibit behavior that in humans would be … Continue reading →

There can be bad arguments for a morally defensible position.  The case that readily occurs to me is that of gay marriages.  Some argue that gay marriages should be permitted because anything that takes place between consenting adults should be … Continue reading →