Wally is too many people

Wally encapsulates a lot of people...too many.  We all know people like this, they have "strong" opinions on many things: Abortion, same-sex marriage, politics, and religion.  The problem is that they seem to be impervious to any reasoning whatsoever. Wallys don't like to argue about their … [Read more...]

Romney unfit for office: doesn’t hug garbage man

This speaks to the sensitivity of liberals. The fact that they'd offer this argument: Romney doesn't hug his garbage man or give him Gatorade, and is therefore unfit to be president. And what about the garbage man actually complaining that he isn't more loved? Well, Romney and his fellow community … [Read more...]

God and gratuitous evil

This a follow-up to my previous post having had a conversation with the person whom inspired the post in the first place to see what he thought.  His main focus is on his definition of gratuitous evil.  Gratuitous evil as he defines is evil that God could have prevented without missing out on some … [Read more...]

Why arguing about “gratuitous” evil may be fruitless

If there is one objection to the existence of God which I think I can sympathize with, it's the problem of evil.  It is emotionally compelling since we have all experienced evil to one degree or another in our lives, and much of it may seem rather gratuitous.  Briefly, I take gratuitous evil to mean … [Read more...]

Why we don’t need teacher’s unions: reason #1301

As the member of a large national government employment union I can say public employment unions are a cancer to their employers.  75% of the function of a public employee union's role is ensuring inept employees don't get fired for their incompetence.  The other 25% of their time is consumed … [Read more...]