Another Atypical Alaskan

the Stuff Shaping My Views I am older than dirt, happily married, a gene pool contributer and parent, an inactive Marine, an artist in several mediums, an avid outdoors man, ...

Rats, Racks, and Rippers: Torture Devices of the Middle Ages

Torture is a word we hear a lot lately.  How do we define it? Who deserves it? Where is the line drawn? I personally do not advocate any type of cruelty ...

Paranormal Romance: A reader shares his experience

Some months back, I wrote an article about sexual encounters with spirits. I've received lots of mail from readers on the topic, and it seems that these scenarios are actually ...

Maybe the Right is right?

Wherein I acknowledge the error of my ways I have to confess that, to some members of my family, I am politically a disgrace, leaning so far to the Left as ...

Orble, I warned ya, I Ain’t Gonna Take It Anymore

A short while back, I ran away from what was once a mecca of high intellectual mischief  on a "family friendly" site that sadly, devolved into a war zone.  Progressive ...

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Religion in Global Politics

Does religion play a part in current world politics?  Whether or not we are particularly religious at all, we would have to concede that it does.  I was certainly convinced ...

Colourful Copenhagen

          Can 192 countries come to any agreement on strategies to combat climate change? Even the countries involved in the Group of 20 are having a lot of difficulty coming to ...

Five Guys Burgers and (wonderful and special) Fries

OK, you have been on Atkins or South Beach for a while and your carb hunger has taken over your life. I can think of no better way to ...

Taxidermia

Hungary | 2006 | Directed by György Pálfi Logline: Three generations of dysfunctional men; a lusty, flame-sucking soldier, an obese, champion extreme eater, and a ratty embalmer on an artful ...