The origin of this map is completely propaganda. This map has no relevance to actual historical fact. In 1917, there was no land called "Palestine". Jews populated the land as well, as indicated by the Hebron Massacre in 1920s.

The interesting thing is that before this conflict, Palestinians were polled that the majority didn't support Hamas. However, since Hamas refuses to hold any more elections since their win 7 years ago, the point is moot. At this point, it's not an elected government.

I think the single biggest step in the peace process in ensuring that a corrupt government doesn't steal the foreign aid meant to help the Palestinians, and instead have been funneled into their own pockets. Boosting an economy does wonders for abolishing the more fundamental religions, although it doesn't eliminate…

Well said. I also thought that this was a very intriguing light on the situation.

That is my favorite routine of all time. I was so upset when Alex injured himself - he was by far the most powerful on that season.

I don't disagree. But when you're the authority figure in the classroom - i.e. the teacher - how do you think that plays out? As my friend says, "it becomes a culture of defiance."

Oh, absolutely. I'm fascinated with Korean/Chinese culture here in the US, and articles about how these two cultural groups are outpacing everyone else in the US at education, even within the broken system. Based on recent articles about IQ being genetic, I can't figure out how much nature and nurture come to play…

Completely. If there's one thing I think you and I agree completely on, it's the utter impossibility to maintain equal education outcomes when economic and cultural variability interferes.

I agree with most of what you're saying, but in the cities that DON'T have local taxes fund schools, and instead the state indiscriminately funds all the schools equally, there aren't any better outcomes.

I absolutely love this post.

I heard that actually the best meat comes from female cows, albeit not the pregnant ones.

Sure. "Forcing" him to sell the team might be legal, I don't know how legal it is to ban someone from ever attending a game for some comments.

I don't know. Drug addicts plus prison time plus his past history of violence isn't a great combination. Still, people surprise you. I'm just too cynical to always believe that

You're so sweet to ask, but I've been spewing comments all over this thread, and I think it's time I take a back seat and shut up. You can check those out! Thanks and I appreciate your response.

Now I'm the one who has to apologize! I'm also such a judgemental person, and I have my Toni Braxton moments where I feel like I'm being punished because I'm too arrogant, and one thing this child has taught me is humility.

Thank you for your perspective. Having a child with this level of mental disability is extremely difficult. No one wants to read about it though. They want all of us mothers to say that it's a gift and every child teaches us something! When the truth is, sure, that's true, but those are small moments in a day…

Autism isn't a "different way of thinking". Don't whitewash it based on media portrayals of kid with Asperger's or something. My son is moderately autistic (severe?) and it's a whole different ball of wax. Don't bandy around the word "challenges" as if you actually know how "challenging" it is to raise a child…

Spend some time with a low-functioning autistic child and you won't think it's a great thing, I guarantee. It's not just a matter of being "very different than most people", like he has different colored eyes or something.

She was talking about low-functioning autism. My child is moderate, and he can't say much of anything, let alone "witty" things. He's not gifted or intellectually challenging. Perspective indeed. Your perspective is from someone who deals with children who are on the "spectrum", but often to me seem like they…

This is a really, really judgemental post. From one sentence out of Toni Braxton's mouth, how on earth do you know her entire moment-by-moment mothering style? Maybe in her darkest moments her pain at the loss her child has suffered makes her realize that there is an element of punishment or pain.