A Few Good Guys with Guns Are Helpless Against a Military Power
2018-03-01 – Let’s play Jeopardy. Here’s the Final Jeopardy answer: Zero Do do do do do do do. Do do do do DO do do do do do. Do do […]
Tag Archives: Culture
Emehrgency! Everybody to Get from Street!
2018-02-22 – “Emehrgency! Everybody to get from street!” That’s what the accidental Russian invaders said in the 1966 movie “The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming.” In that movie […]
Ice Cream Is a Zero Sum Game
2018-02-19 – Four adult human beings live in my house full time. And human beings can’t live too long without ice cream. So when we bring ice cream into the […]
Why Is Trump Concerned Only About Shooting Deaths in Chicago?
2018-02-15 – “Chicago is a shooting disaster.” It’s a favorite line recited over and over by President Donald Trump. I’m glad he is concerned, but we’ve yet to see any […]
Why Don’t Humans Have Floppy Ears? Are We Not Tame?
2018-02-12 – My dog Lefty is a herding dog. He’s not aggressive unless you are a sheep (or a Canada goose, for some reason). Lefty is an Australian Shepherd. And, […]
May You Live to Be 120—But No Older
2018-01-29 – The billionaires now want to live forever. And some of them are apparently spending their fortunes to make it happen. I get where they are coming from, particularly […]
My Latke Recipe—Better Late Than Never
2017-12-20 – Hanukkah ends tonight at sunset, so you might not have use for this recipe until next year. But I made latkes last night and they turned out well. […]
Wrong-Way Medicine
My calcium was low last year and another doctor said I should drink more milk. I said “ick” (and eating lots of ice cream was not an acceptable alternative) so […]
GOP Tax Plan Builds a Wall to Keep You Out of the Economy
2017-11-20 – Donald Trump promised to build a wall. And he’s doing it (trying at least). It’s not the border wall he talked about during his campaign. That isn’t grand […]
Winning the Battle But Losing the War?
2017-11-16 – Bill Clinton was impeached by the House of Representatives in 1998 on charges that stemmed from a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him. He was acquitted by the […]
