Let’s Eliminate Entitlements (Not!)
2014-05-29 – We hear a lot about Republican attacks on entitlements. What is it about entitlements that have them so in a huff. An entitlement is wealth that you own. […]
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Can I At Least Kvetch?
2014-05-27 – BREAKING NEWS: PAIN IS NOT A GOOD THING! If you’re not Jewish, this probably is not news. If you’re Jewish, you’re probably skeptical. But it’s in the research. […]
Racism Is Engrained
2014-05-25 – Some people like to pet my dog Lefty when I take him for a walk in the park. I always warn them away. It’s not that I think […]
Two Degrees of Separation
2014-05-22 – Liberals and conservatives in Congress have apparently found one thing they can agree on. 179 Republicans and 124 Democrats voted today to pass the USA Freedom Act to […]
Child Rearing in a Traditional Family?
2014-05-20 – One of the last secular arguments against gay marriage is focused on raising children. Never mind that a sizeable fraction of hetero marriages never have children at all […]
Unbalanced Load
2014-05-18 – Sometimes when I’m sitting at the desk in my subterranean lair, I begin to notice a sound. Wub-wub-wub-wub. That’s the sound of the washer trying to spin an […]
The Angel of Death Did Not Pass Over
2014-05-15 – As we drove home from the hospital tonight when she died, we noticed that the moon was full. The last time the moon was full, it was Passover, […]
Over One Billion Anti-Semites
2014-05-15 – Do you remember when McDonalds used to advertise the number of hamburgers they’d sold and what a big deal it was when the hundred-million sign was replaced by […]
Pinstripe Khaki?
2014-05-13 – Out shopping with my son Nat this afternoon, I chanced upon a pair of Docker pants that are branded Signature Khaki. That wouldn’t be a problem normally, but […]
Dandy Dandelions
2014-05-11 – Yesterday the world was awash with dandelions. There were none the day before. They just sprouted up overnight. I noticed them yesterday on my first long bike ride […]
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