I have been going through the comments about the Michael J. Fox ads, euthanasia, animal liberation, and other issues we discuss here. And I must say, I am most pleased with the level of discourse. Unlike some sites in which cuss words and name calling are the order of the day, we converse. I appreciate all of the commentators who post reactions here for making Secondhand Smoke a better place for people to visit. Thanks for your many contributions, and for you many readers out there who might like to share your views but haven’t yet: Come on in, the water’s fine.
Notes on Anosmia
One morning several years ago, as my wife, Wendy, and I were having breakfast together, I had…
Empire of Unreality
Shiva Naipaul (1945–1985) was the author of three novels and two books of mordant dispatches from places…
The Dreadful Christ of Pär Lagerkvist
It’s dangerous to meet a god,” says the disgraced Pythia in Pär Lagerkvist’s The Sibyl. Her observation…