Chris Berry On The Net

The battle between gay rights supporters and defenders of traditional marriage took a bizarre twist this week. The New Jersey State Division On Civil Rights ruled that a lesbian couple could proceed with their discrimination complaint against the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, for refusing to allow the couple to hold a civil union ceremony [...]

Even though this blog is slightly less than a year old, I couldn’t resist the urge to put together a Top 10 list of the most popular posts for 2008. The rankings are based on the number of page views each post has received throughout the year. Of the 119 items I’ve posted this year, [...]

Cooking is something I’ve enjoyed for as long as I can remember. My mother cooked out of a sense of maternal obligation, but it was obvious that she never got a moment of pleasure from it. I realized at a very early age that if I wanted something really good I was going to have [...]

If General Motors and Chrysler win major concessions from the UAW as a result of the bailout agreement, will Ford still be saddled with the existing contracts?

There has been a great deal of misinformation floating around about the hourly wages paid to UAW members by GM, Ford and Chrysler. The most common figure cited is around $71.00 per hour, but most of the people using this number either don’t understand what it means, or they are deliberately misrepresenting the facts to [...]

Every day we hear politicians telling us that we are in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. While we may be heading in that direction, current evidence suggests that this is a gross exaggeration. Either the people who are trying to convince us that the sky is falling are woefully [...]

For a three year old, my son is something of a computer expert. He has been playing educational games on his favorite websites for well over a year, and he has developed a pretty sound understanding of basic web navigation. His biggest problem is the fact that he can’t read, so he has to depend [...]

Since the bailout hearings began, GM has claimed that Chapter 11 was not an option and that they had no Plan B. If they don’t file for Chapter 7 today, the whole process was nothing but a high stakes game of chicken.

The defining characteristic of introversion is the fact that we draw our energy from within. Extended contact with other people, even our own families, leaves us feeling physically and emotionally drained. We require regular periods of time alone to recharge our internal batteries. Finding that private time can be especially difficult during the holiday season.
While [...]

In my view of the world, religion should be a deeply personal and intensely private matter. The relationship between an individual and the god of their choosing is simply none of my business. Likewise, the fact that I do not believe shouldn’t offend those of you who do. The wonderful thing about this country is [...]