As a writer I get a lot of advice from just about everyone. I don’t mind it and some of it is actually good. What I can’t stand, however, is reading about a former general, admiral, head of the CIA, you know the type, who just can’t shut up and becomes a talking head, to […]
Amigos. I want to again wish everyone a merry Christmas and for those that are curious to know where God, aka The Almighty, spends his idle moments I attached today’s essay on the DRC. I didn’t think they would publish it thinking that more than one would consider it irreverent, or at least inappropriate, especially […]
I’ve been reluctant to write about climate change, mainly because everyone else is doing so, but that’s not the same as change in general, so here’s (see essay) my two cents on that. As far as climate change goes, I have people that call me from out of the country asking me to talk […]
I’ve been reading about wolves and here are two recommendations. So, the first book to read, and a lot of fun I might add, is Never Cry Wolf, by Farley Mowat, a Canadian biologist and one hell of a writer. Then there’s the encyclopedia (s) and a whole treasure trove of books on wolves […]
It was hard to keep this one short, and ironic, since it deals with brevity being good, a less is more approach, as opposed to long windedness and hot air, but still, a limit of 500 words is, believe it or not, hard to keep. Just about the time one gets a good head of steam, […]
I told my mother ahead of time that she was mentioned and it made her nervous. She got over it after she read it. I didn’t know this but judges and psychiatrist are always working together to decide what to do with people. A typical example is the police picking somebody up for standing in […]
The most powerful and probably most overlooked weapon has got to be the Right Word, or words. Say the right word(s) at the precise time and Boom! then sit back, relax and watch the fireworks begin. Many is the time I have read something and wish I had said this or that, knowing immediately they […]
The link below is to the essay as it was published on the pages of the Denton Record Chronicle: I submitted the article with the word sceptic in the title, but the editors evidently thought better of it, probably with good reason, as it was sure to confuse most everyone. Sceptic, however, is an accepted […]
First, an explanation: In the past, I’ve been publishing the letter I wrote and the link to the article on the pages of the Denton Record Chronicle, which now seems redundant. And it is. From now on I will publish the link (below), and use this space to provide some further notes on the subject […]
On things irrelevant. My cousin Paula was in town last week. She’s a pediatrician with a doctorate in bioethics who teaches in Santiago, Chile. Bioethics I found out is a complex field that combines philosophy, history, theology, and law, with medicine, nursing, and health care. After greetings, the first thing she saw on the breakfast […]