MUSHROOM
Every year, doctors at a hospital in the Yunnan Province of China brace themselves for an influx of people with an unusual complaint, all related …
BROWN SHIRTS
The events in Minneapolis last week, and a book I am presently reading by Heather Cox-Richardson called “Democracy Awakening”, prompted me to write this blog, …
HELLO
It’s been 200 years since the word “hello” was first used in print, though its beginnings date back to the 15th Century. This article investigates …
THE COMING TRUMP CRACKUP
“The Coming Trump Crackup” is an interesting and poignant article by David Brooks that I thought was worth publishing as a blog in its entirety, …
IMPEACHING
There have been rumblings in the Democratic Party recently about impeaching Donald Trump, but no action so far, although something is due to happen next …
DAVID BROOKS
This article, written by David Brooks about a new book by George Packer of The Atlantic, struck me as a pretty good analysis of where …
POLISH CHILDREN
This story, which is about a large group of Polish children, reminded me of the blog I wrote a couple of weeks ago about human …
THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES
“The Web beneath the Waves” is the title of a book by Samanth Subramanian, which is nothing short of frightening, when you consider the vulnerability …
HUMAN EMPATHY
I was reminded during this Christmas season of two very special events that demonstrated human empathy at an unexpected level and in two completely different …
WOMEN ARE NOT A MINORITY
Women are not a minority. I have never understood how the current leadership of “Woman’s Movement” has allowed itself to be subsumed, politically, into the …