A Murder of Crows
2013-04-29 – Thomas Hobbes had a dim view of nature, seeing life in nature as “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” The amazing thing about people who pontificate about nature is that […]
Tag Archives: Culture
Sexy Pink
2013-04-21 – We’re coming to the end of our home remodeling. I hope. Our house is built in the Chicago Georgian style. On the east side, running from front to […]
Terrorists from Madman-istan
2013-04-19 – Okay! So the Boston Marathon bombers were from Chechnya. And they apparently were Muslims. So we can now feel safe in assuming their motive was somehow related to […]
Terror Beneficiaries
2013-04-17 – The hours of uncertainty after an event like the Boston Marathon bombing bring up an interesting question—that is: what is terrorism? Here we had an event that created […]
Death of a Child
2013-04-07 – To most people, especially parents, the death of a child is a secret, but ever-present dread. So when I saw the headline that Rick Warren’s 27-year old son […]
At the Music Box
2013-04-05 – I don’t go to movies much. As our boys were growing up, we only went to see kid movies. They don’t need us to take them anymore and […]
Cohorts Not Kids
2013-04-02 – The term for it is “cohort.” We send cohorts through school, not kids. Kids on the leading edge do well, but the further back you are in the […]
Diogenes Day
2013-04-01 – Considering what we see in the media every day, April Fools’ Day has lost its kick. The fools have 365 days, not just one. It’s time to reclaim […]
Equality in the Pursuit of Happiness
2013-03-27 – With the Supreme Court arguments about gay marriage come and gone, I thought I would give you my take on the subject. It comes down to this: I […]
Out of Spite
2013-03-15 – Every few weeks I see someone post a kinda new-agey advice on Facebook that goes something like this: “If it doesn’t nourish your soul, get rid of it.” […]
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