TheWriteJerry @ September 10, 2007 # 13 Comments
We have become a country where justice now means that he who whines first and very loudly is made out as the hero, and the accused is surely guilty. Police arrest and detain on the word of one witness, family services serve only the upkeep of their own system, not the interests of children or families, and the media is delighted to make today’s accused into tomorrow’s villain of the week.
TheWriteJerry @ August 30, 2007 # 6 Comments
Let’s talk about one of my favorite subjects - breasts. The breast is one of God’s greatest creations, at least from two points of view: a man’s and a baby’s. But BentSense isn’t an R-rated blog, so you probably guessed already that this is going to be a story about breast-feeding. Well, actually, it’s going […]
TheWriteJerry @ August 23, 2007 # 2 Comments
Since the horror that was 9/11, and the failed attempt of the shoe bomber, all of us have wondered at the inane security rules imposed upon air travelers within and to the United States. The stories of the ineptitude of the TSA are legion.
First lighters were banned, and then recently unbanned. Uh, why does anybody […]
TheWriteJerry @ August 9, 2007 # 3 Comments
Hillary Clinton wants you to pay my mortgage.
Well, okay, not my mortgage specifically. I don’t qualify for her proposed $1-billion taxpayer bailout of homeowners in default of their mortgage. Mainly because I am not in default of my mortgage. I read the fine print on my mortgage contract. And I made sure I could […]
TheWriteJerry @ July 31, 2007 # 2 Comments
The war on drugs has taken many a twist and turn over the past several decades. Nancy Reagan urged drug users to just say no… Medicinal marijuana use has been debated in and out of local governments and courts… Cold medicines have been put behind the counter to deter chemistry-minded kids… And now it appears […]
TheWriteJerry @ July 13, 2007 # 8 Comments
So there I was, inside an acceptably clean Stop ‘n Shop Supermarket men’s room, suffering from the sudden after-effects of a meal too high in saturated fat. And as I wondered what exactly it is that Sheryl Crow does or does not eat that allows her to get clean using just one sheet of single-ply, […]
