Adorable Animals Instead of Politicians
It’s a hard life for a political junkie. Not because politics is difficult to find these days. To the contrary, it is everywhere, all the time. If politics is the drug, there are dealers literally...
View ArticleFish and Assault Weapons
Tomorrow, Barack Obama unveils a series of proposals to curb gun violence. Among them is likely to be a reintroduction of a federal ban on the sale of assault weapons, a ten-year prohibition that...
View ArticleGun Violence Legislation
Q: Why is there a picture of a chicken on this post about gun violence legislation? A: Because a small number of U.S. Senators have decided that the best way to approach the very important issue of...
View ArticleSharknado
Some of us have been watching and loving the Syfy channel’s ludicrous scary animal disaster movies for years, such as Dinocroc Dinocroc vs. Supergator Dinoshark Frankenfish Mega Piranha Mega Python...
View ArticleSyria Videos and the ASPCA
Almost everyone knows the Sarah McLachlan television ad for the ASPCA, her haunting song Angel playing as background for heart-tugging scenes of cats and dogs. It is widely reviled and sometimes...
View ArticleAre Presidential Comparisons Odious?
Comparisons are odious. This phrase, roughly meaning that comparing people and situations can be unhelpful and counterproductive, is centuries old. It is variously attributed, but as good a source as...
View ArticleSome Republicans Want to Kill the Dog
It is as famous and funnily outrageous as any magazine cover ever: the January 1973 National Lampoon that threatened “If You Don’t Buy This Magazine, We’ll Kill This Dog.” That, in a nutshell, is the...
View ArticleJoke Break: Duck Walks into a Drugstore…
We need a break. So here’s one in a continuing series of jokes from the joke file, a well-traveled manila folder containing about three pounds of clippings and copies from all kinds of sources. This...
View ArticleHow Much Is That in Harvard Years?: Why Ted Cruz Thinks He Is Leader of the...
One of the puzzles of the current political situation is how a U.S. Senator with less than a year in Congress believes he is the leader of his party—if not of the nation. One theory is that Ted Cruz...
View ArticleRepublicans Miss Another Opportunity to Be a Popular National Party
The shortcomings of the ACA website during its high-profile first weeks could have been a gift to the struggling Republicans. A softball to hit out of the park. While Democrats are understandably busy...
View ArticleAll Politicians Are Progressives
Either you embrace innovation or you don’t. And so all politicians who use an iPhone or love the NFL are progressives. Innovation has two faces. One is the innovation that solves problems. The other...
View ArticleWorld Penguin Day
Today is World Penguin Day. There is nothing else you need to know about anything. The image selected above is of a pair of penguin chicks just born at the London Zoo. To give you some idea of how...
View ArticleJonah and the New Year
“Like Jonas himself I find myself traveling toward my destiny in the belly of a paradox.” Thomas Merton The Sign of Jonas The Jewish High Holy Days begins this evening, starting with Rosh Hashanah...
View ArticleWhen Nokia Ruled the Mobile World
Microsoft is reportedly killing the Nokia brand, after having spent billions to buy the iconic company in hopes of boosting its stalled Windows Phone presence. We are not surprised. Microsoft is the...
View ArticleWinnie-the-Pooh
Winnie-the-Pooh is not only a children’s book, not exactly, though it should be read to and by every child. It wasn’t read to or by me as a child, but I found it later anyway, and have never let go of...
View ArticleBest Cartoon Ever
Following is the best cartoon I have ever seen. Excuse the low quality, because it is a scan of an old and precious magazine clipping. You could write a doctoral dissertation on how these four panels...
View ArticleNew Hampshire Primary: Chinese New Year Quiz Edition
It is the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Monkey. Time to guess what the Chinese lunar calendar tells us about the two Democratic candidates. Following are descriptions of the two astrological...
View ArticleThe Moral and Legal Responsibilities of Bringing a Wild and Dangerous Animal...
No one can force you to adopt a wild and dangerous animal as your pet. To bring it into your house. To make it your own. If you do go ahead, against all advice, know the responsibilities. Some animals...
View ArticleBooks: It’s Ramadan, Curious George
Something can be significant and cute. It’s Ramadan, Curious George is that. Published this past May, the book is a way to introduce little ones to the possibility that others believe differently,...
View ArticlePoem, Joke, Etc.: Confused Birds
Confused Birds These birds are confused Not angry Wondering where The cold winds are. Exulting in Extended summer. What’s time to a bird Or me? The line “What’s time to a bird” is borrowed from a...
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