Memo to a Red State
2014-02-27 – With Texas becoming the latest state to have its ban on gay marriage declared unconstitutional, it might be time to step back and notice a trend. The trend […]
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Celebrity Deaths Are Like Cheerios
2014-02-25 — They say that celebrities die in threes. I don’t know why they say that. It’s like Cheerios: O-O-O . . . o-o-o-o-o-o- – – – Or like the […]
Assassination by Laughter
2014-02-23 – I have a hard time with laughter. Not yours. Mine. My laughter. I have a hard time with my own laughter. If I laugh out loud and long […]
What’s It All About, Selfie?
2014-02-20 — So the big sink hole I feared was opening up in front of my house turned out to be a small one. Thank God–or whomever you thank for […]
Role of the Dice
2014-02-18 – Insurance used to be considered gambling. Think about it, you pay a bookie on a long shot bet, and most of the time the bookie walks away […]
No Other God
2014-02-19 – You’ll excuse me for using this space to respond to a review that is currently appearing in The Nation called Beyond Naturalism: On Ronald Dworkin. The gist […]
Is Rand Paul a Good Guy or a Bad Guy on Privacy?
2014-02-13 – Is Sen. Rand Paul a good guy or a bad guy on privacy? Today he filed suit against President Obama and the NSA for violation of our fourth […]
Too Cold for Liquid Water
2014-02-11 – As winter wears on without a let-up temperature-wise, we begin to get a sense of what life might be like on Mars. There temperatures are […]
Cathedrals of Scent
2014-02-09 – My friend Chris posted an interesting article on Facebook: “What’s the Point If We Can’t Have Fun?” by David Graeber. The article contrasts one utilitarian view of evolutionary […]
Evolution Wins on Field Goals
2014-02-06 – When one team goes out to play baseball and the opponent is playing basketball, you might have a hard time saying who won. One team wins on […]
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