Kyiv under attack as Russian missile strikes hit the Ukrainian capital – BBC News

“Proposed Israeli law would jail prostitute clients” (Jerusalem post headline) In a few days time a Knesset committee will consider a law which, among other things, proposes criminalising the clients of prostitutes. This is manifestly absurd and unreasonable, and is a desperate attempt to regulate a situation which requires a totally different approach. Prostitution, until now, has been treated by successive governments as an activity which requires control within a criminal framework.

Those modern superheroes that dominate our comics, novels, TV shows and films we know are really figments of the human imagination – Fictional characters. What about the reality or otherwise of those superheroes from the ancient past? Are they also totally mythological, or are there perhaps some real superheroes standing astride the reality molehill that lurks behind the mythological mountain?

The other day, I was at Starbucks and I was talking to couple of gals about what kind of work I was doing as I was reading some research papers. I indicated to the two ladies that I ran a think tank, and I was busy trying to solve the world’s problems, while presenting a great big smile. One of the ladies said to me that something that would be very important for us to work on at the think tank was the “end of the world” due to the Mayan calendar.

We are plagued by the fear of terrorism, we are rocked by corruption in our government and our economy teeters on the brink of total collapse. Who could deny our decline? Why is this happening and what can be done to stop it?

Because of their unorthodox lifestyle and disengagement from modern society, the Amish have been subject to much speculation, rumor-milling and myth-making. As we take a closer look at several of the myths that are common to the Amish, perhaps we can see afresh the qualities that not only make the Amish unique, but also those that we share in common.

As a child growing up in Brooklyn NY I found myself drawn to movies and TV show that had adventure, action and monsters. Everything from King Kong and Godzilla to Alien visitors from other worlds, so when TV specials on Bigfoot, Sasquatch or the yeti aired you know I was tuned in.

The barbarians at our gates in the 1960s are now the barbarians at the helm. Abandoning scriptural principles and absolute truths led to bad thinking which led to the adoption of a value system that promoted bad behavior.

It was hopefully the end of a very long day, but we still needed to referee a battle between two subordinates, who had gotten into a verbal shout out, over whose boss was more important. One reported to our President, the other reported to me, Special Projects VP. Speaking for myself, a root canal would have been preferable, but that option was not on the menu.

The other day, I was talking with an acquaintance from France. It seems we were both lovers of freedom, liberty, and the fruits of free-market capitalism. As we got to talking, we began to talk about centralized governments, and how all nations could join together in peace and prosperity, it was an interesting and enlightening conversation, and I’d like to share it with you if I might.

The other day, I was talking with an acquaintance, and he told me “I sometimes think I was born before my time,” and I suppose anyone who is intelligent perhaps has had that thought at one time or another, I tend to have it about once a month or so, just briefly and then it passes, how about you? Okay so, let’s talk then. You see, here is what I told my acquaintance; well, I certainly don’t think I would have wanted to be born any sooner.

The Big Bang Theory of the modern cosmologists raises a number of issues, both in terms of its own logic, and in relation to a major Hindu cosmology. The former theory sounds illogical, although seemingly supported by data. The latter cosmology is incomprehensibly complex and incapable of being proven. What if the two theories are internally consistent?

More and more people are living with their parents well into their 20s. This is my personal story of the factors and situations that made it necessary for me to do the same.