Author: TerranceDC

The Mental Health of Gunmen

No sooner did I post about the Clinton hostage crisis than the Omaha mall shooting happened, and right away there were questions about the mental health of the gunman. “As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.” A sign...

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Maybe We’re Crazy. Probaby.

I actually went all day without hearing about the hostage situation at Hillary Clinton’s campaign headquarters. By the time I got the full story, it was all over but the post-hostage-crisis analysis, which basically boiled...

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Pets. Not Partners.

I don’t even know what to say when I hear news like this. What’s there to say when a body basically says gays are lower than dogs by offering health benefits to pets but not domestic partners? When trustees of Palm...

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The “Invisible Hand” Goes Toy Shopping

This weekend was our son’s fifth birthday, and we tried something different for his birthday party this year: no toys. Instead we had a book exchange. Each kid brought a book and left with one, and our son opened the...

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Irreducible Complexity, Reduced

I’ll admit up front that I’m no scientist. I got as far as physical science in high school, took botany and geology in college, and never looked back once I’d taken all the science I needed to graduate. So,...

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