What Is the Purpose of a Dog?
2014-06-10 – What is the purpose of a dog? It depends on who you ask. If you ask a dog lover, the answer might be companionship. If you ask a […]
Hiding Behind the Good Guys
2014-06-08 – We’ve heard it many times: “Only a good guy with a gun can stop a bad guy with a gun.” This is ridiculous, of course. A lot […]
Cookware, Shirts, and a Trip to Mars
2014-06-05 – Many years ago I read a letter to the newspaper column Hints from Heloise. If you don’t know about this column, let me tell you. Heloise gave tips […]
Dog Traffic Controllers v. Net Neutrality
2014-06-03 – Sometimes when I step out of my house with my dog Lefty on the leash, I walk right into a neighbor’s dog passing in front of my house. […]
A Good Guy With a Leak
2014-06-01 – I’ve written a couple of times about Ed Snowden (see links at the end), but now I’ve gotten to see him, thanks to NBC News. He seems like […]
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. […]
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 […]
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