Shock Gloves: A Human Propensity for Evil When I read this link, my first thought is that our human propensity for evil has no ground floor. We just buy a shovel and keep digging. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/22/omaha-nebraska-school-district-shock-gloves-police Marketing shock gloves is all about profit margins. And apparently, shock gloves are being marketed to low I.Q. ISD board members who somehow imagine this a great idea. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/22/omaha-nebraska-school-district-shock-gloves-police I believe that shock gloves have no place on American soil. Not in kits belonging to ICE, not available for military use, not our prisons, mental institutions, and certainly not in our schools. What will it be next? Skilled nursing facilities? Let me allow you bedside with me in the ICU to make a point: Early in my career I made a choice to work within the most intensive environm...
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Celebrating the Birthday of Prophet Muhammad Last night I included a request in my evening prayer: "Please let me experience something completely random tomorrow." Boredom is always my arch enemy. This afternoon, I received a text from my friend Mohamed Elhassan. "Tonight 8 p.m. to dawn. Birthday of our prophet. You are invited." It seemed random enough. Prayer answered. smile Just arrived home from the banquet hall. I was able to mingle with many Muslims from our community whom I have known for years. The food was good, but I have a headache from two solid hours of listening to Nasheed offered up by the men. And if I hear "Muhammad Rasool, Muhammad... Allahu Akbar..." one more time I will need to be medicated. It was an honor to be the only non-Muslim woman invited to this event; the only woman not wearing a hijab; and undoubtedly, the only Christian within the space. Even so, I had to smile pleasantly as the...
Closing Down Asylum-Seeking Joy-riders Assim Alkhawaja has a story to tell, as does every non-citizen residing on our soil. I tire of the daily churn of stories which are crafted like a made-for-television Hallmark movie. So let's add a bit of grit and truth to the article below. Journalists should engage in full truth - even when the truth brings discomfort. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/21/san-diego-california-ice-arrest His plight is understood. But his plight is self-created. Nobody has "skunked" him. And the moment that he applied for asylum, his desires were sublimated to the legal system of my nation. Our legal system is not a fairy godmother. It is a process. It is not a concierge service. It is the complex inner working of our Republic with complicated suites of laws and considerations. He is a face to his family and friends. Unless he has done something of a hideous natur...
7 Day Viewership from The Last English Prince Site I dunno. But China seems to be trolling along in the posts. New Jersey? Who knows? Neither do I care. I just... write. North Bergen 52 Singapore 9 Beijing 8 Hong Kong 5 Chongqing 4 Council Bluffs 3 Munich 3 Santa Clara 2 Tianjin 2 Shanghai 2 Nanjing 2 Zhengzhou 2 Ashburn 1 Chengdu 1 Weifang 1 Jining 1 Dongying 1 Shenyang 1 Fuxin 1 Dalian 1 Shangrao 1 Ji'an 1 Yongzhou 1 Zhuzhou 1 Xingtai 1 Shijiazhuang 1 Guiyang 1 Jieyang 1 Meizhou 1 Guangzhou 1 Shenzhen 1 Hefei 1