The ‘knee jerk’, which is physiologically distinguishable from, though often colloquially synonymous with ‘big dumb jerk’, has become the primary, although illogically impetuous stimulus of social and political motivation. The momentary outrages played out in a barrage of sound bites and news clips, (following what seems to be daily and…
I realize that I have been especially critical of the Republican candidates. I’ve tried, (really), to find some common ground, or even some uncommon ground, rooted in a belief or a philosophy or the simplest idea that would benefit people or the environment or that economy thing, and all I…
Genetically speaking, there is no “them”. We are all the same gooey mass of fleshy, bony, hairy, liquidy parts, stylized by multiple environmental factors and random mutations, but upon microscopic, (make that atomic microscopic), scrutiny…family. Somehow, in the 2,000,000 to 10,000,000 years, (that seems to be the best estimate of…
I have a suggestion for anyone biding their time in anticipation of The Ascension, or anxious to take themselves and other uncommitted participants out on their way to Paradise, or to make any determination to the life or liberty of others than themselves, based on some cockamamie, mystical belief system:…
I was asked a question the other night. I didn’t write it down, so, this is how my interpretive dance of memory has preserved it to date: “If the most devastating consequence of climate change, rising seas that will likely, and relatively soon, claim low-lying coastal lands, like Holland and…
I like candy as much as the next guy, and Halloween was always an excuse for otherwise inappropriate behavior, so, even though I haven’t been an avid participant for quite some time, I had planned, this year, to craft the most amazing costume depicting the terror I feel at the…
That mysterious compulsion to pursue something with minimal or no regard for cost or resistance or personal safety, can be lauded or blamed for the best and worst behaviors of animal kind. Whether the inbred impulse of the migratory bird, the unrelenting determination of Antarctic penguin procreation or the unwavering…
So, there’s all this hoo-ha about US restaurants gearing up to change their policy of leaning on customers’ tipping generosity to pay the lion’s share of the salaries of their servers. The proposed change would add a “hospitality” charge to each patron’s bill, (similar to that 6-or-more thing that happens…
Mostly, it’s about not being embarrassed by the bat shit craziness that has become the trump, (various puns intended), suit of a party without constructive purpose, agenda or imagination. That it attracts such a wide swath of confused adherents, mostly in response to their hate for the real or perceived…
Although the notion of collecting funds to underwrite the welfare and protection of socialized constituencies is a noble one, in practice, it took feudal lords and rampaging conquerors and their modern-day counterparts, elected or otherwise representative governments, about fifteen minutes to completely fuck it up. The lords, etc. asked too…