Rise of the Moderates?
It may be that the nation is surprised when an unknown congressman suddenly becomes Speaker…Expect a moderate surprise attack.
The Content of our Discontent
Recipe: Inauthentic Steak Tacos
I hope you enjoy the inauthentic authentic looking steak tacos as much as we did
Don’t Blame Vaccines for Damar Hamlin’s Collapse
We don’t know the full story about Damar Hamlin’s tragic collapse, but there is no evidence that it was related to a COVID-19 vaccine.
Trump’s Tax Returns Don’t Contain What So Many Hoped
I don’t feel sorry for Trump. No one did him an injustice. But, still, the committee made a mistake
It’s Warhammer 40,000 Time
Warhammer’s 40,000 saga is coming to a small screen near you via Henry Cavill, late of Superman and the Witcher, together with Amazon Prime
Sunday Morning, 2023! “Chess Story” by Stefan Zweig
The first thing that strikes me about “Chess Story,” the last piece of fiction Zweig wrote, is how well-constructed it is
The World Is Yours, Or At Least The Size of It Is
For all the debate, discussion, and derision social media gets for good, bad, and admittedly sometimes truly ugly, it is a tool.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Three Person Chess
I played my first game of three-person chess and have thoughts about it.
POETS Day! It’s Yeats Again!
Yeats wondered how the world could recover from a World War that drowned its innocence…but we survived. The center held.
Grief and Gratitude
I spent Thanksgiving—then Christmas—in the company of my family, forced almost against my will to love and be loved. And it was marvelous.
2022: The Year in Science
Just to put it all in one place, so we can appreciate how much happened this year, here are the ten biggest science stories of the year.
The Best To You Each Morning: The Cereal In America Story
The inclusion of a bowl of cereal doused with milk in the breakfast ritual as practiced in the West is of relatively recent vintage.
