I can’t play any musical instrument, though I can, and do, often, whistle. Whistling has greatly influenced the kind of music I like. I mean,…
Science triumphant: Yes, it’s Pluto!
Posted on 0 commentWho ever thought, even a few years ago, that we’d ever have anything as cool as a detailed photograph of Pluto’s surface? Hell, even the…
Greece: Back to the Drachma
Posted on 0 commentWhen I was taking a college course back in the late 80s, the professor asked us to write opinion pieces for publication in “a European…
Uh oh. I’m evolving.
Posted on 0 commentWhat, me vote for a Republican? Maybe, maybe Rand Paul. There are a lot of ‘ifs’ — if he repudiates the anti-environmentalism of the GOP if he makes it clear that…
A list of records — yes, records — all white men own (and if you claim not to own these, you are lying.)
Posted on 0 commentThe definitive list. 1. After You’ve Gone (Benny Goodman) 2. If I Love Again (Artie Shaw) 3. Somewhere a Voice is Calling (John McCormick) 4.…
Good book
Posted on 0 commentYear Zero: A History of 1945 by Ian Buruma My rating: 5 of 5 stars This was a tremendously enlightening book. Most of us know…
Stick to the Core.
Posted on 0 commentSince I wrote this (five months ago as of this writing) more arguments have been added to the four I here enumerate. The opposition is…
Minimum wage?
Posted on 0 commentEmmett J. Hoops· Minimum wage laws rigidify urban poverty. Picture this: You get $8.50/hr. in a town where you can buy a house for $60,000.…
This Pope
Posted on 0 commentPope Francis isn’t a bad fellow at all. I know that today we’re expected to dissect every public figure to find out what isn’t all-good…