Welmer

61-year-old Clyde Ray Spencer, a cop from Vancouver, Wash., is seeking justice after spending over 20 years behind bars for being falsely accused of molesting his children. Does he want revenge? No, he simply wants the state to admit he was wrongfully convicted so he can get some compensation for the years he spent behind [...]

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Back in the Tour at the age of 37, Lance Armstrong is a monument to perseverance. I have quite a bit of admiration for the man, and don’t give much credence to his detractors. Here he is, a cancer survivor with one mighty testicle, striking fear into the hearts of his younger competitors as his [...]

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All too often we are absorbed by the miserable work of survival, and we see and think of nothing but the task at hand, whatever it may be. It is easy to forget that there are still some vestiges of the primeval Eden, and they can serve as solace in this thankless struggle we all [...]

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The street fighting that killed well over a hundred people in Urumqi a couple days ago went beyond a “riot.” It was more of a Uighur intifadeh in the heart of the largest center of Chinese settlement in Xinjiang. However, that is not to say that it was a Muslim uprising — there are plenty [...]

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While perusing jezebel, I found a link to a fascinating study (thanks, girls!) that explains a phenomenon many men have experienced and complain about. Over and over we hear from men that being nice, helpful and gracious only leads to scorn and abuse from women. On the other hand, for a certain class of woman, [...]

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Because I have a fair amount of free time on my hands these days (business is not that good in these parts), I’ve been thinking about starting a new project. My blog has evolved over the last year or so into a men’s rights blog, which reflects my own personal journey over the same period. [...]

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Soong May-ling (better known in America as Madame Chiang Kai-shek), daughter of a prominent Hakka businessman of Christian faith, was born in Shanghai in 1898, blessed with wealth and privilege at a time when most of her Chinese compatriots were suffering from the chaos that accompanied the disintegration of the Qing dynasty. Together with her [...]

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Despite being broke and 107 years old, Larry Haubner has defied the propaganda asserting that the married life is healthier and happier. A Dubuque Iowa native who grew up in Tacoma, Wash., he has lived a carefree, if modest life for over a century. His father worked on the railroad, and he worked in a [...]

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Maria Belen Chapur, the woman who has been having an adulterous affair with Governor Mark Sanford, has written a letter to an Argentinian TV station in an attempt to explain how she and Sanford were caught in their adultery. The letter details the difficulties she has faced over what she characterizes as the terrible act [...]

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While reading the series of emails between SC Governor Mark Sanford and Maria Belen Chapur, I began to feel a sense of tragedy, and came to feel a twinge of pity for the man, who has obviously struggled with his faith, torn between all he believes in and the Dark Lady of Buenos Aires. I [...]

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