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The New York City Commission on Human Rights issued new rules that impose fines of up to $25,000 on property owners who “misgender” employees or tenants. By “misgender” they mean that employers and landlords must “use an individual’s preferred name, pronoun and title regardless of the individual’s sex…

A Vermont company has created a toaster that will allow individuals to burn their images onto a piece of toast. The president of Vermont Novelty Toaster Corp says, “You don’t have to be famous or Jesus to have your face on toast.” Burning your image onto your morning toast may just be the epitome of…

A few years ago, Oil tycoon Eike Batista of Brazil predicted that he would become the world's richest man. Things didn’t turn out as he planned. Today he is bankrupt. Economist Miriam Leitao said that his "main error was to declare that he had what he didn't . . . He's always exaggerated the potential…

Seattle Seahawks player Richard Sherman, in an interview following their January 2014 playoff win over the San Francisco 49ers said, "I'm the best corner[back] in the game. When you try me with a sorry receiver like Crabtree, that's the result you going to get." Sherman’s rant sparked responses from…

One New York City driver may have been a little too proud. He or she put a bumper sticker on the car saying, “Why am I the only person on the planet who knows how to drive?” The proud driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries, including a bruised ego, when the car collided with a guardrail on a city…

A Japanese man who used the Internet to boast about driving three times the speed limit is now facing possible jail term. The fifty year old doctor posted a six minute video showing him driving his Ferrari through southern Japan, at 84 kilometers (52 Miles) an hour above the posted speed limit. Speed…

William Falk, editor of The Week, a weekly news wrap up of local and international news, comments on the newest self righteousness related to food. “Food is the new religion. . . Secular sophisticates have jettisoned traditional beliefs about sin and sanctity, so they fulfill their instinctual need for…

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian’s lavish wedding helps to illustrate the importance of a marriage over the wedding itself. The show televised the wedding complete with a 20.5-carat diamond engagement ring worth a reported 2 million dollars. Following the extravagant wedding, the marriage lasted only 72…

According to University of Kentucky psychologist Nathan Dewall, today’s young people “love themselves more today than ever before.” By analyzing the top songs on Billboard’s Hot 100 songs over the past three decades Dewall found a steady increase in self-centeredness and hostility toward others.” The…

Most employees would agree there are times when their bosses do not seem to listen to them. Whether it involves spending money when an employee suggest it is unwise, or pursuing an action when a knowledge employee advises against it. Kelly See, Assistant Professor of management and organization at New…

Anthony Garcia may have gotten away with murder, were it not for his arrogance. Los Angeles County Sheriff's homicide investigator, Kevin Lloyd made the discovery while sifting through photographs. He suddenly noticed the tattoo on Anthony Garcia, which resembled a crime scene familiar to him. The tattoo…

In Fire Storm, Ron Susek writes, “It’s all too easy to assume that someone who intensely disagrees with you is either dead wrong at best, or demon possessed at worst. Be sure that the person is clearly sinning before God and not merely engaging in valid disagreement. What’s the difference? Valid disagreement…

We all struggle with self-adsorption, but most of us are more successful than Ricky Martin at containing it. The Grammy Award-winning artist a book , with the one-word title: Me. --USA Today August 19, 2010 p. D1 Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Rodger Russell Philippians 2:3-4 (HCSB) “Do nothing out…

A recent study by Canadian psychologists found “that people who purchase environmentally friendly items feel ‘a moral glow’ that makes them more likely to cheat and act selfishly in their private lives.” In the study, which was a computer game, “subjects were to reward themselves with money based on…

In his book, The Prodigal God, Timothy Keller writes, “…religious people commonly live very moral lives, but their goal is to get leverage over God, to control him, to put him in a position where they think he owes them. Therefore, despite all their ethical fastidiousness and piety, they are actually…

SUBMISSION An unemployed New York man pretending to be a millionaire filed an income tax return claiming he was owed a refund of $1.5 million. Quick thinking on the part of his bank kept him from getting away with the scheme. Forty-seven year-old Benjamin Harris of Brooklyn, New York was arrested April…

Pride What virtue is impossible to have if you know you have it? If you have it, and know it, you don't have it. If you work towards it, and finally achieve it, you'll become proud of it and lose it. Give up? The answer is humility. It is as slippery as black ice, it is as difficult to define as it is…

You think you’ve got troubles. I’ll bet I’m the only one in town with a sarcastic parakeet! Yesterday I went up to the cage and said: “Can you talk? Can you talk?” And he looks at me with a sneer and says: “Yes, I can talk. Can you fly?” The Joke Teller’s Handbook, Robert Orben, page 139

BOASTING Cincinnati Bengal's Receiver Chad Johnson is letting his mouth get him in trouble. Johnson boasted that he would celebrate a touchdown catch in a game with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He then asked his fans to bring a dollar to the game with them to help him pay for the fine that would be imposed…

ETERNITY The June 2009 edition of Sky Magazine, the official in flight publication of Delta Airlines, has a section about New York City. In it, they interview famous New Yorkers about their favorite places in the City that never sleeps. A very self-absorbed Donald Trump answers almost every question…

Teamwork The final seconds on the clock were ticking down. It was fourth and goal to goal and we were behind by just a few points against a rival school. A touchdown would mean victory. Our quarterback called time out and went to the sidelines to get a play from the coach. The manager brought water for…

by William Ernest Henley. 1849–1903 Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of Circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of Chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond…

When Dallas Cowboys starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe was replaced by second-string quarterback Tony Romo in the Monday night game against the New York Giants (Oct. 23, 2006), Dallas Morning News sports writer Jean-Jacques Taylor, wrote: “As much as the Cowboys failed Bledsoe, he failed himself. He entered…

I wonder if dismissing other people (“they have been divorced; they were on drugs”) is from my own doubt and fear. Do I doubt if God can or will save me? I may make it but just by the skin of my teeth before the pearly gates slam shut. I know I am better that him or her. I have not been divorced, on…

Nebuchadnezzar was the mighty king of the Babylonian Empire between 604 and 562 BC. Numerous cuneiform tablets and ancient texts speak of his wondrous achievements and prideful character. “Look at this, Babylon the great! And I built it all by myself, a royal palace adequate to display my honor and glory.”…