Lancaster, PA, USA. Among Republicans, it’s axiomatic: Protracted presidential primary battles in the spring tend to hurt the party’s chances for victory in the fall.

This year, however, that hoary maxim seems to have been turned on its head by the newer GOP conventional wisdom that prolonged nomination contests lead to stronger, battle-tested nominees who win in the fall.

Manchester, UK, USA. I used to think the world divided into male and female, but now I know that there is a far more fundamental division into those who control their destiny and those who hand it over to others.

I will use the words Dominant and Submissive in this article to describe the two distinct categories. It is a naive belief of a Submissive that their submission will always achieve a result that is in their best interest and that the person to whom they handed control will resist an op

Washington, DC, USA. From the viewpoint of evolutionary biology, if such a thing can be said to have a viewpoint, the female body is designed to attract and retain, if possible, the male. Similarly, the male body has evolved to be sexually attractive to the female.

That is the way of the world. The way of primates and most all of the creatures on this planet, God or no. The human way.

Palenville, NY, USA. The town of Catskill, New York has waged an illegal five year battle against the Maetreum of Cybele for claiming its legal property tax exemption under the laws of the State of New York and United States.

It is a struggle for nothing less than the right of all religions in America to be treated equally under the law. You do not have to be a politically aware Pagan to understand the danger to us all when government becomes the arbiter of personal belief.