Monkey See, Monkey Do You start with a group of monkeys, hang a banana on a string, and then you place a set of stairs under the banana. Before long, one of the monkeys will go to the stairs and climb toward the banana. You then spray ALL the monkeys with cold water. After a […]
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Charlton Heston On Winning the Cultural War Many of the social issues we are facing today have been rising incrementally for decades. In February 1999, the then-president of the National Rifle Association, famed actor Charlton Heston, gave a speech at the Harvard Law School Forum. His speech focused on the culture war within both America
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Texas Translations of California Euphemisms I’ve lived in California my whole life and visited various towns in Texas, and this list is pretty accurate. California Texas Diverse or Lifestyle Choice Sinful and Perverted Arsenal of Weapons Gun Collection Delicate Wetlands Swamp Migrant or Undocumented Worker Illegal Alien Cruelty-Free Materials Synthetic Fiber Assault and Battery Attitude
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I’m Confused About “Service” For some time now, it has bewildered me when I hear the word “Service” used with these: Internal Revenue Service U.S. Postal Service Cable TV Service Federal, State, and City Public Service Agencies Customer Service, etc. Based on my experience, they do NOT exhibit what Service is all about. Today, however,
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Self-Esteem over Shame: Have We Gone Too Far? Have you ever been ashamed of something you did? Are you still ashamed of something you once did in days gone by? Even before the birth of Christianity, shame was a core concept in Western philosophy. Feared disgrace in the eyes of those they admired or of
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