Yep, you probably didn’t hear it here first: Ben Carson is nuts. But this isn’t your web site, it’s MINE, and I can say what…
Cuba! (Posted for a friend.)
Posted on 0 commentCuba has been nominated to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for its work in fighting Ebola in Africa along with its outstanding health care solidarity…
The Real Thing
Posted on 0 commentIt just occurred to me: at the root of all human behavior is the desire to discover and to hold The Real Thing. It can be a…
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…
Vita brevior.
Posted on 0 commentYes indeed, life is too damn quick. I like this whole “waking up and living” thing. After 56 years, I have gotten very used to it. 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…
The Tyranny of a Sunny Day
Posted on 0 commentA recent study by The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network indicates that the happiest countries in the world are: Switzerland Iceland Denmark Norway Canada Finland Netherlands…