Thanks for Making Me Defend Sarah Palin
2015-01-06 – You kneejerk liberals are a pain in the . . . okole? Yes, the word is “okole.” I never heard the word before, but apparently Sarah Palin picked […]
Who Let the Messiahs Out?
2015-01-04 – I live in a neighborhood with lots of religious Jews. There a small segment of these Jews who fly flags with a crown and the word “mashiach.” Mashiach […]
New Year’s Resolution: Don’t Eat Your Brother or Sister
2015-01-01 – In some species, it’s quite normal for one sibling to kill and even eat another sibling. Sometimes the parent even helps. For the most part, humans don’t consume […]
Lefty’s Wild Goose Chase
2014-12-30 – Lefty was born to chase geese. We didn’t do him any favor by plucking him from his litter in Thunder Bay, Ontario, where his pack mates made a […]
Wildcards in the Economy
2014-12-28 – Economists say that 20 percent of all gifts are unwanted. I don’t know where I got that statistic. I vaguely remember reading something. But since there is really […]
Don’t Forget About Sunk Costs
2014-25-2014 – Okay. It was a bad year. Lost job. Illness and death in the family. Last kid is off to college and we’re alone. Friend dies. New job is […]
My Expert Review of “The Interview” – One Star
2014-12-23 – I haven’t written may movie reviews for the simple, but apparently misguided reason that I don’t see many movies. I now realize that shouldn’t stop me. In the […]
Taking the Name of the Lord Thy God in Vain
2014-12-21 – At a little after five this afternoon, we reach the Winter Solstice. At a little after five this afternoon, the sun will be down for 45 minutes or […]
Do Clothes Make the Man?
2014-12-18 – I read an account recently about a nudist colony. Do they call them colonies? Seems awfully colonial to me. I wish I could give you a link. It […]
Affirmative Action Argument Averted
2014-12-16 – A few days ago, I narrowly escaped an argument on affirmative action in education. It was a close call. The truth is, I wasn’t really prepared for that […]
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