When I was in college, I was pretty much an asshole. That informs my understanding of what took place in Missouri this week. Specifically, I’m going to talk about the...
I love books. Not just because they are the sources of so much information. Not just because they insulate the walls of my house from intense heat, cold, and I...
Last weekend, I attended my favorite nerd event. I like it so much, possibly even more than the MOTU loves San Diego Comic-Con. The New York State Sheep & Wool...
My dad used to say that getting old wasn’t for quitters. The fading faculties, aches and pains, the constant doctors’ appointments to ease the aches and pains, the deaths of...
My son, the genius, has a fantastic girlfriend. Not only is she smart and funny and interesting to talk to, but she makes him happy. Oh, and she got us...
Human society is set up along certain assumptions. Assumption #1: We are mammals. Assumption #2: We will breed. Assumption #3: Once we have bred, we will stay together in groups....
Not that anybody asked me, but to my mind, one of the best things about this country is the separation of Church and State. With no official religion, there is...
Let’s say you’ve got a 14-year old kid in school. It’s show-and-tell day, and your child’s classmate brings a device to class purporting to be a home-made clock. It doesn’t...
New Yorkers have a reputation — earned, I might add — for sneering at the rest of the country. My own grandmother used to refer to my cousins from out...
Back during the Chicago Conspiracy Trial when I was just a wee lad of 19, I had the luck and privilege of being a member of the defense team, mostly handling...
Like many of the politicians in this country, I’m not a scientist. I passed high school biology, and I read the Tuesday Science section in The New York Times when...
Just imagine… you and your spouse-to-be did your blood tests, you’ve put your documentation together and you pile into the car to get your marriage license. You get to the...
Oy, Kim Davis. Such tsuris. If a fundamentalist Muslim chose to be a USDA meat inspector, and refused to allow any pork to be sold in the United States because...
It’s hot. I’m sweaty. I’m sick of writing about Donald Trump, his dangerously stupid supporters and the ridiculous way the media covers his campaign. I don’t want to write about anymore...
