I would say that North Korea is trying to deflect attention from Iraq, effectively flaunting its nuclear ambitions, while Iraq is claiming to be peaceful and clean.
"But it strains credulity to not even make an attempt to communicate for "months"
Old people get "grumpy" and can be unpleasant, but they need the help of the children more and more. That seems to have been lost on Laura. Maybe the "care" Laura provided for her (if there was) is the perp. Funny, I never seem to hear Laura discussing the problems of the elderly. It's usually the pregnant teen or philandering husband getting her two bits. Could be a ratings issue.
"I can see not speaking to my mother for 14 years, or the rest of my life. The same goes for my brothers. We have chosen different roads in life."
Yes but the familial love, no matter how thin, should still be there. Is your 77 year old mother sick, or dead? Where is even the appearence of courtesy or respect or concern? My opinion of Dr. Laura goes down a few notches, even in her time of grief, assuming that is the true emotion. Sometimes people can be killed by neglect, a sin of omission.
Unconditional love and forgiveness is not Dr. Laura's strong suit. I suspect her whole approach to "taking on the day" is a projection of her flawed mother-daughter relationship.
"When Judaism demanded that all sexual activity be channeled into marriage, it changed the world. The Torah's prohibition of non-marital sex quite simply made the creation of Western civilization possible. Societies that did not place boundaries around sexuality were stymied in their development. The subsequent dominance of the Western world can largely be attributed to the sexual revolution initiated by Judaism and later carried forward by Christianity..."
I have no problems with Bush becoming Emperor of the World,
but in 2008 the Clintons have a chance to take over.
Bush would have to enact an Executive Order dissolving the Empire in that event.
In Austria, 20 percent of the population are muslim. In England, muslims are calling for cultural revolution. Given the chance, the terrorists would kill us,
destroy our buildings and burn our literature.