I have been repeatedly asked when my podcast for the Discovery Institute, What It Means To Be Human, will return. Soon, my pretties. Very soon.The problem had to do with the time pressure of other work and personal matters. Then, my laptop crashed and burned. My new system has Vista and . . . . Continue Reading »
I continue to scratch my head over the response of Obamacare supporters to the concern about Medicare “end of life” counseling sessions. Liberal Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman, for example, scorns the worry as a . . . . Continue Reading »
So here’s an article by ME on Solzhentisyn, technolog y, purpose, and our future. A taste: People are more concerned than ever with doing what’s required to stay alive, even as they do everything they can to divert themselves from real thoughts about love and death. They’re . . . . Continue Reading »
Daniel Hannan, a British politician and Member of the European Parliament, writes: I gave the same message everywhere. Americans should cleave to their Jeffersonian heritage. Normally I would shoot mental shockwaves of negative energy towards any man who uttered such blasphemy . But I read on . . . . Continue Reading »
If you want to learn more about Van Halen and their M&M contract rider , This American Life recently dedicated a substantial segment of an episode called “Fine Print” to the story. . . . . Continue Reading »
At the New York Times , Laura A. Munson describes how, when her husband suddenly said “I don’t love you anymore,” she simply chose not to believe him. He eventually came out of it, and they didn’t divorce: Sure, you have your marital issues, but on the whole you feel so . . . . Continue Reading »
In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, Joseph Bottum reviewed Thomas Pynchon’s new novel Inherent Vice : “Inherent Vice” is the closest to beach reading that Thomas Pynchon has ever produced. Of course, take-to-the-beach best sellers are nearly always genre fiction: thrillers and . . . . Continue Reading »
Skeptical about the dire claims made about climate change? Harbor mistrust of scientists or government officials? Think we should be wary of taking radical, urgent action to control a complex system like our climate? You obviously have some psychological issues you need to work out : Psychological . . . . Continue Reading »
Lest anyone think that Fridays in my house are all dolor and sacrifice and Filet-O-Fish sandwiches, let me say a few words now about homemade ice cream. Among other things. First let me say that until about two weeks ago, I’d never made ice cream. When my husband and I married, nearly twenty . . . . Continue Reading »
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