Room for Debate: Living Off Mom and Dad -NYTimes

The 40-Something Dependent Child

My comment as posted in the

NYTimes, Oct 29, 2009

35 is the new 18. And this was true long before the current economic downturn.Many moderately well off upper middle income families never pressured or required their kids to feel that they had to choose a career or to follow up on the
expensive college education they completed. At 35 and 40 they still do not know what they want to be when they grow up. As a mental health professional, I can tell you that many of these people are clinicallydisfunctional and stuck in irrational behavioral and thought processes which prevent meaningful orientation
to work and achievment. They are supported by their parents now; who knows what will become of them when their parents pass on and the money runs out. It is true national epidemic. And underlies the need for mental health counseling in any national health insurance program.

In Test of Water on Moon, Craft Hits Bull’s-Eye - NYTimes Oct 12, 2009- Letter To The Editor

By what right does NASA disturb and deface any part of the universe? All other planetary bodies should be classified as pristine wilderness areas protected by international agreement. As with parks which we have set aside for preservation, we should be able to visit them, but be required to leave them as we found them. We have no right to exploit or use the natural resources and elements of planets, moons, comets or any other natural body in this or any other galaxy. Just because you can do something does not mean it should be done. Blasting a part of the moon in this way is unforgivable. What if every nation that can do something like this did? Passive and minimal sampling techniques should be the rule; not desecration and destruction. Have we lost all sense of value and responsibility for the consequences of our actions?

Sen. Nelson Vote Against Hatch Ammendment

SENATOR NELSON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOTE AGAINST THE HATCH AMMENDMENTMENT. I AM OLD ENOUGH TO REMEMBER WHEN GIRLS WERE DYING IN ALLEY WAYS FROM BOTCHED ABORTION ATTEMPTS. THE RELIGIOUS RIGHT HAS NO RIGHT TO PURSUE ITS PERSONAL, PRIVATE RELIGIOUS AGENDA WHICH WILL RISK THE MOTHERS LIFE SO THEY CAN BAPTIZE THE CHILD. WHY DOESN'T ANYONE STATE THAT REASON, THE MAIN ONE REALLY, IN PUBLIC SO ALL CARDS ARE ON THE TABLE. THIS REALLY IS A FIRST AMMENDMENT ISSUE; KEEP RELGION OUT OF POLITICS.