Outside The Asylum

"MOST LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS, political slogans, and radical catchwords of our times are concerned with the satisfaction of material wants. The Communist catchword is “jobs” “jobs” “jobs”; the politician’s slogan is “work” “work” “work”; the legislator’s promise is “[more] material security.” Add to this the sad fact that millions of citizens, whose bodies and souls have been ravaged by a materialist civilization, have reached a point where they are willing to sacrifice the las t crumb of liberty for a piece of the cake of security. Reformers [and community organizers] have not understood their cry. Because man make demands for security, our reformers have neglected to inquire what they really want. A starving man asks for bread, when he really wants life. “The body is more than the raiment, and life is more than the food.” The unemployed, the socially disinherited, the poor broken earthenware of humanity ask for “work,” but what they really want is independence. The normal man doe...

Funny, my friend Daniel Salomon and I were just talking about this.   How dependency does NOT help adults with autism, but instead, holds them back.     First Place Transition Academy, located in Phoenix, Arizona, is trying to change that. These are mainly lower functioning, what used to be called Kanner's Autism kids.  But they're being taught the skills they need to learn to work and have a good life.

Woman Blames Birth Control for Debasing Love - henrymakow.com : 'via Blog this' This is a very interesting story.  Not sure how true it is, but this shows that not all women agree that the pill is a liberator.

Just $1000 to somebody who can otherwise pay for housing but is facing a non-recurring sudden expense, can and does save society $20,000 in welfare and shelters.

Because my poem it TL:DR for some folks, front-facing the links. For young women facing a crisis pregnancy,  click here to search for help in your area. For young families facing the cost of an unexpected pregnancy unable to find their way out,  click here for a pro-life charity that will show you how to balance your budget and help with immediate needs. For women and their men who have been tricked into abortion in the past,  click here to find forgiveness and healing. For those facing divorce or abandonment,  click here to find a better way to think about family. For those who feel they have no choice,  click here to find a REAL choice. For those who have been raped,  click here to save the one. Updated again- on the announcement of the Supreme Court returning the definition of person to the individual states in Dobbs vs Jackson Women's Health (someday I need to find out what the original case was about), I will copy and repost this 6 year old poem. ...

The data is in.  The United States is now far below replacement rate on having children.   With a mere  59.6 births per  1,000 women for 2015, we are now seriously in decline. This is a public health crisis, brought on by contraception, abortion, and materialism, and nobody cares.

23 Reasons Why Scholars Know Jesus Is Not A Copy Of Pagan Religions. | James Bishop's Theology & Apologetics. : 'via Blog this' Mainly saving this link.  Next time I hear this myth, I'll point to this page.

I don't often call myself a liberal these days; it seems I get more conservative as time goes on.  But my conservatism is born out of my earlier days as a liberal. It is out of PTSD from being bullied as a child, that I recognize the bullying inherent in the pro-choice choice of who will live and who will die. It is out of respect for nature and sustainability that I'm a conservation style environmentalist- and a sane one who recognizes the human need for agriculture and the role agriculture plays in preserving species. I am not comfortable with libertines or libertarians.  But my conservatism comes from an understanding of systems, and how systems work.

6 Feminist Myths That Will Not Die | TIME : " Final verdict: If Mars needs to check his privilege, then so does Venus. Why do these reckless claims have so much appeal and staying power? For one thing, there is a lot of statistical illiteracy among journalists, feminist academics and political leaders. There is also an admirable human tendency to be protective of women—stories of female exploitation are readily believed, and vocal skeptics risk appearing indifferent to women’s suffering. Finally, armies of advocates depend on “killer stats” to galvanize their cause. But killer stats obliterate distinctions between more and less serious problems and send scarce resources in the wrong directions. They also promote bigotry. The idea that American men are annually enslaving more than 100,000 girls, sending millions of women to emergency rooms, sustaining a rape culture and cheating women out of their rightful salary creates rancor in true believers and disdain in those who would ot...

Next Big Future: Solar Cells converts Co2 into hydrocarbon fuel : 'via Blog this' Now there's a game changer for global climate change.  Instead of millions of years for plants to turn atmospheric carbon into diesel, this artificial leaf can do it in hours.