Random Thoughts and Writings — Politics, Food, Fiction, Essays, Maybe Even a Haiku every now and then.
Yes, it was time to change the look around here. The yellow was wearing on me. It’s not really my color. I’m sorry to see the picture of the Oregon Coast go, but it was time for something new there, too. I think the new color and picture is more muted and more suited to [...]
This is one of those things that fascinates me. The manner in which the human body regulates itself. Fascinating stuff.
Biologist E.O. Wilson has written a book called The Social Conquest of Earth. An excerpt from it is in this week’s Newsweek. Here are the first two paragraph of that excerpt: Have you ever wondered why, in the ongoing presidential campaign, we so strongly hear the pipes calling us to arms? Why the religious among [...]
If the Supreme Court rules the individual mandate unconstitutional, I believe I’ll stop making Social Security and Medicare payments each and every month. Oh wait, I can’t. My employer takes the money out of my paycheck each and every month without any action approving the withdrawal — as required by federal law. Can somebody please [...]
This may very well be the most offensive, factually twisted political ad there has been in a long time. If Republicans like Romney and Santorum had their way, vast swaths of the Midwest would be shuttered due to the collapse of the auto industry. Oh wait, due to their opposition to the banking bailout (which [...]
