Happy Diogenes Day Eve!
2014-09-30 – Tomorrow, October 1, is Diogenes Day, the annual day devoted to the truth. In the spirit of the truth, I give you the final verse of Robert Burns […]
Tag Archives: philosophy
You Only Have Yourself to Blame
2014-09-25 – Happy New Year to my Jewish friends! L’shana Tova! To a good year! Judaism celebrates two developmental tasks in the life of a person. The first is becoming […]
Finding Pictures in the Clouds
2014-08-19 – You can see pictures in the clouds. It might be a face. It might be a horsey. It’s a fun game to play. Of course, there are no […]
Innocent But Dead
2014-07-22 – I get angry at my fellow liberal Jews who are unwilling to give Israel the slack to defend itself from attack. A military defense is not going to […]
I’ve Been Planting Trees
2014-07-03 – For the last week or so, I’ve been planting trees: three so far, one more today. One red oak, two sugar maples, and a ginkgo. These are small […]
Buyer’s Remorse
2014-06-12 – I first heard the expression “buyer’s remorse” when I was in law school. It refers to a person who buys a home and then immediately regrets it. You […]
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 […]
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. […]
Unbalanced Load
2014-05-18 – Sometimes when I’m sitting at the desk in my subterranean lair, I begin to notice a sound. Wub-wub-wub-wub. That’s the sound of the washer trying to spin an […]
The Angel of Death Did Not Pass Over
2014-05-15 – As we drove home from the hospital tonight when she died, we noticed that the moon was full. The last time the moon was full, it was Passover, […]
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