It hurts sometimes to admit this, but once upon a time, I lived in a group home for children who were victims of long-term abuse. It’s hard for people who have never had their humanity so thoroughly reduced, but just having a few moments of being treated like a real human-being can give a person a sense of dignity…

Many years ago at the group home for developmentally disabled teens where I worked there was a resident who really, really wanted to go to the best steak house in the city for his 18th birthday. He had behavior and anger issues, but was determined to earn that birthday dinner, and he managed it. So another staff…

I really don’t get Americans when it comes to personal space. You guys lack consistency. Bothering everyone and talking to strangers is totally ok, but touching is somehow a no no.

Scientology could only happen in modern America. A country that gave rise to the likes of Ronald Reagan and Wal-Mart has to have a religion solely based on milking people and making them believe it's for the good of the world.