Maybe I Won’t Be Going to Heaven
There is huge debate in the Catholic Church hierarchy because a priest in Arizona somewhere was baptizing people with the phrase “we baptize…” instead of the official “I baptize…” Apparently this was a long-standing, minor error, and there are hundreds
And What Kind of Weather Are We Expecting for the Morning Commute?
Hannah Arendt talked about the "banality of evil." Yet we foster this by listening to the evening news where people actually say to us, "And that's the latest on the shelling of civilians and two million refugees leaving Ukraine, the
And So It Goes
Russian invasion of Ukraine, Covid variants, anti-vaxers, truck blockades, riots in the streets, Capitol under attack, political polarization, climate change fears, natural disasters, drought, wildfires, blizzards, supply chain shortages, mask mandates, immigration, abortion, LGBTQ, BLM (and fears that you inadvertently
It’s More than Ukraine
There are those who think Putin is on thin ice and is invading Ukraine because of massive discontent at home. But it's difficult to overthrow tyranny and dictatorships. The Russians kill dissenters or send them to harsh jails. The Chinese
Ukraine
Let's take a moment to understand the horror of Ukraine and its people in the face of Russian invasion and thuggery. We need to understand the terror of the tyranny in China, Russia, North Korea, Iran, and other places to
Are You Cheating Yet Again?
Say what you will about capitalism, it's based on the ethical premise that I will provide you with agreed upon goods and services at a certain time with a guaranteed quality, and you will pay me a certain amount in
Where There’s A Microphone, Can An “Expert” Be Far Behind?
Have you noticed the surge in the use of the word "curation"? The actual definition is "selecting, organizing, and caring for items in an exhibit or collection." It has also been applied to careful attention to content—written, heard, and/or viewed.
That Doesn’t Apply to Someone Like Me
Apparently, when you achieve a certain level of fame and celebrity, you rise so high that the air thins out and you begin to hallucinate. How else do you explain the arrogance of a Novak Djokovic thinking he's so important
There Is A Comet
I've been repeating here forever: We cannot eradicate Covid. It is endemic, like the flu, and we have to learn to live with it. Forcing small businesses (the largest provider of net new jobs in the country) to go out
Endemic
An "epidemic" is a disease that quickly affects a large number of people and then subsides. A "pandemic" is a global spread of such a disease. "Endemic" refers to a disease which continues in a given area and affects limited