How Do You Reason with the Anti-Religious
2018-05-10 – I have a number of friends (real and Facebook) who are anti-religion. I mean ANTI-RELIGION. They see religions as the main provocateurs of racial and ethnic strife, not […]
Tag Archives: philosophy
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 […]
New Year’s Resolutions
2018-01-01 – Happy New Year! It’s that time of year again. But before I make any resolutions for 2018, how did I do in 2017? I completed four major goals of […]
Getting Your Point Across With Recipes
2017-12-28 – I have a friend who is a vegetarian. Well, more than a vegetarian. She is vegan. I’ve had various friends over the years who have been at various […]
“Taxation Is Theft”? It’s Not the Only Thing
2017-12-25 – At this time of year we are awash in images of peace and goodwill, generosity and selflessness. Maybe it’s inevitable that we also are treated to their opposites: […]
Joining the Bike Club
2017-10-09 – “I don’t want to belong to any club that would accept me as one of its members.” – Groucho Marx. I’ve never been much of a joiner. I’m […]
Apocalyptic Math
2017-09-21 – Happy New Year! There’s a story going around that this will be the last one, however, for on Saturday the world is supposed to end. This is due […]
44 Years a Mensch?
2017-09-18 – I had a very weird dream last night. I don’t know if I dream much. I certainly don’t sleep much. They say that your mental balance could be […]
What Makes a Nation? Borders or a Community of Interests?
2017-08-03 – President Trump has said that “a nation without borders is not a nation.” And he wants to build a wall to secure our southern border. But do walls […]
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