Crispier Than Thou
2015-03-26 – I don’t eat a lot of potato chips. I did once and I have fond memories of their potato-ey goodness. But I try (often unsuccessfully) to avoid empty […]
Tag Archives: Politics
What Is a Victim Entitled To?
2015-03-19 – Someone hurts you. What now? What are you entitled to? If you can get your assailant into court, you are entitled to be “made whole,” as they say […]
Benjamin Netanyahu Thinks He’s Queen Esther
2015-03-03 – Tomorrow is the Jewish holiday of Purim. Today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is speaking to Congress playing the role of Queen Esther. If you don’t know […]
The Risks of Living in a Safe World
2015-02-26 – I have a Facebook friend who seems to be an anti-vaxxer. Maybe he is and maybe he isn’t. You can’t always tell from Facebook. My Facebook friend is […]
Global Warming and Politics in the Windy City
2015-02-24 – In a few hours we’ll know whether we’re going to have an election for mayor in the City of Chicago. What’s that, you say, aren’t you having one […]
Getting Things Done
2015-02-17 – Every year there is one crew that seems to be able to clear the snow from the streets in a way that they stay cleared. It usually happens […]
Not Racist Just Because I Killed Someone Because of Their Race
2015-02-12 – It’s a sad coincidence. That’s all it is. A couple of stories floating around the Internet and making people mad, but they had nothing to do with racial […]
Big Pharma vs. Big Insurance
2015-02-08 – One of the knocks on the widely accepted wisdom that #vaccineswork is that this knowledge is corrupted because of Big Pharma. The idea is that Big Pharma falsified […]
#vaccineswork, Politicians not so much
2015-02-03 – Oy vey and a half! Has the world come to this? Ted Cruz makes more sense on a public issue than Hillary Clinton! The issue is vaccines and […]
One Choice for White Survey Respondents
2015-01-29 – I have three kindly mothers. That’s almae matres in Latin. I know it sounds a bit LGBT, but I’m referring to the three universities I have attended. My […]
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