bwolz's blog

Alcoholism is a misunderstood disease and as one who has struggled with this illness since high school perhaps I can speak to this subject. Most people consider it a lack of will power and a problem of deficient morality. However, I can not imagine that anyone dreams of becoming an alcoholic or has it on their “to do” list.  Read More »

Government and irresponsibility  Read More »

There seems to be the notion that if we have a person of color as a candidate for president that we are a changed nation and a poster country for equality. But this is a bone thrown to those who are discrimminated against in the US. People so not seem to like the idea of admitting to their being a racist even though most are.  Read More »

Columbus Day is right around the corner and I would imagine that the Native American is somewhat repulsed by the "holiday". The honoring of a white man who claimed to have discovered the land they had occupied for a very long time is comparable to celebrating Admissions Day in Hawaii.  Read More »

I was so proud to find myself no longer a computer virgin after finishing my class and receiving an A. Granted, the final exam took six hours to complete while the other students were out of there in five hours and forty minutes but I left exuberant. I spent the summer break improving my eye to hand skills playing computer games.  Read More »

The Creation Myth which has been perpetrated by many religions is a clear indication that gender relations were never meant to be other than advesarial. However one cannot assume that a "man made" explanation for the existence of humankind is authentic. The assumptions made by labeling the genders as the opposite sex is not a biological phenomena but a social construct.  Read More »

There are a few positive effects of the financial disaster although they offer little comfort when one's 401 K has diminished by at least one half of the expected balance. The persons who are unable to make mortgage payments may have difficulty with finding another leap of faith possible when a government has failed them so dramatically.  Read More »