The Rights of Certain Individuals
2014-01-23 – I hate to admit it: George Will had a good point in his column today in the Washington Post entitled “Judicial activism isn’t a bad thing.” I rarely […]
Snowden, Assange, and Privacy
2014-01-21 – People who are on the front line in the ongoing struggle for the right of privacy are seldom model citizens. Think about criminal defendants who appeal their convictions […]
Politically Correct
2014-01-19 – “I’m not PC.” Did you ever hear that line? Of course you have. Did you ever think about what it really means? It always precedes or follows an […]
Eight Days a Week
2014-01-14 – If I understand my Roman calendar (which I may not), tomorrow is the Ides of January. Long months have the Ides on the 15th of the month. […]
My Brother’s Keeper
2014-01-12 – A favorite idea, at least in the popular press, is that kin selection tends to make us cooperate more with close family members and compete more with […]
Lefty is a 3-Legged Dog
2014-01-09 – Lefty is a three-legged dog. Now don’t get upset. He has four legs but, in weather like we’ve been having, he walks on three. And it’s not always […]
A Box of Angels
2014-01-07 — The last thing we did Sunday before the temperature began its descent from the freezing single digits to frigid air, sub-zero territory was to pack up our Christmas […]
Carpal Shovel Syndrome
2014-01-05 – Oy! A couple days ago, I noticed my wrist was hurting. I couldn’t imagine what was causing the pain. I usually get the pain in my right wrist, […]
Stocks Fall—OMG!
2013-01-02 – The first day of trading in 2014 saw stocks fall 135 points. The apocalypse is upon us. After all, stocks haven’t fallen on the first day of trading […]
An Instrument of God
2013-12-31 – My friend Bob likes to say we are instruments of god. This is a hard one for me because I don’t believe in a god that is an […]
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