20th January 2019
Imagine that the power of American wealth takes (plunges?) politics to even lower lows. In order to quell the constant demands of the fulminating billionaires driving all politics these days the ruling party decides to put the issue to the voters. Yes or no, it shall be the policy of the United States to dismantle […]
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10th January 2019
Back in the 70’s and 80’s as an American living in London it seemed as if all Brits delighted in reading an invisible badge I was never able to remove. “Have a nice day,” they’d titter, snigger, scoff, chortle…I could go on. To the British, that dewy-eyed salutation smacked of the vacuous greeting card sentiment […]
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23rd December 2018
Has this often happened to you? You’re reading an article about the latest scientific experiment or academic research and you check the date just to make sure you haven’t fallen down a time tunnel and it’s April 1st again? My most recent April Fools moment came in reading about the complex physics involved in a […]
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10th December 2018
Since Jonathan Franzen took major flak for his recent list of 10 writer’s tips I thought I’d take a shot at it (and risk getting shot at): Keep a diary. You may put events, ideas and impressions in it if you must. Its main purpose, however, is to note every slight, snub, rejection, and bad […]
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1st November 2018
A Tennis Match for the Ages-- Trump vs. Boris Johnson There have been many articles comparing the two big blond bruisers of international politics, Donald Trump and Boris Johnson. UK’s Independent newspaper goes even further in an article speculating, not very plausibly or seriously, that Mr. Trump could be Bojo’s father. Boris, you see, […]
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18th October 2018
In recent news, a French theme park has trained a flock of crows to pick up litter. The indecently-named Puy du Fou (or is my high school French failing me?), a historical theme park, has rooked six cons—I mean conned six rooks—into beaking up litter and placing it in a box in return for a […]
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