Commentary

pope galileo wrong

Pope Getting It Wrong on Galileo (Again)

It’s been said both within and without the Vatican that the encyclical from Pope Francis regarding the environment and climate ...
hacked chinese takeaway

A Hacked World and the Chinese Takeaway

Following the revelation that private personnel data (including Social Security numbers) for 4 million federal employees was siphoned from government ...
God She He Gender Fluid

God: She, He, Or Gender Fluid?

Some female priests of the Church of England are reportedly advocating that liturgical texts ought to be changed to sometimes ...
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Advice on Tipping: Bono versus Les Moonves

Bella Haig is eighty years of age, and has been a server at Canter’s Deli in Los Angeles for fifty ...
New York in June

I Like New York in June

52° (F), raw and raining is what it is on this June 2nd; the same as it was on June ...
rats

A Rat in Need …

Researchers at Kwansei Gakuin University in Japan have been investigating whether rats are helpful to one another in times of ...
B.B. King rest in peace

B.B. King Moves On

Rest in peace, B.B. King, passed on at the age of 89. He essentially did something very simple, but to ...
Sinatra Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra’s In the Wee Small Hours

Frank Sinatra passed away on May 14th, 1998. I recall thinking at the time that with Sinatra gone, all bets ...
Dog flu

Dog Flu is Spreading

The canine influenza A H3N2 virus kicked off its run in Chicago, that toddlin’ town, several months back, and has ...