Truncated thoughts

 Pabst Brewing, which now owns the Schlitz beer brand, announced that it is suspending production of Schlitz beer . It is a sad ending for a...

 Susan Collins (R-ME), running for re-election at 73, has announced she has long had a benign essential tremor. I've got one of these, ...

 I saw this post today by the US Catholic Bishops, clarifying Just War doctrine: This is, of course, in response to Trump's attacks on t...

 It's now a bit over 3 years since I posted on this blog, which means 1. Few, if any, will read this -- the blog is off everyone's r...

 When Silicon Valley Bank imploded after a bank run, the FDIC stepped in. But the majority of SVB's deposits (over 80%) were above the $...

  LGBTQIA+ and Swedenborg: It doesn’t have to be this way This is a slightly updated version of an earlier post ; no change in the basic arg...

 In announcing her support for Jackson, Senator Murkowski (R-AK), said she was backing the nominee in part to reject “the corrosive politic...

  A possible contributor to not seeing the world as it is, is our tendency to (1) see minorities as larger than they are. "This holds ...

  I have updated this essay slightly to add supporting evidence. The updated version is here:  Truncated thoughts: LGBTQIA+ and Swedenborg: ...

 I was intrigued by this meme which is circulating on social media: This seemed pretty doubtful, but worth a look. First, of course, we need...

  Luke Kruger-Howard has a new book. 110 pages. Free, although donation encouraged. This is an experiment. Luke Kruger-Howard (He/Him) is an...

Fewer than half of U.S. adults belong to a religious congregation, a new Gallup study shows. This is down from 70% in 1999.  That figure flu...

This is the support page for FANS who are following the food challenge, but not directly participating by logging their exercise miles.  The...

  This page has information for PARTICIPANTS (i.e. people who have enrolled in the My Virtual Mission and are entering their exercise).  The...