In Memoriam: Iniki the Cat
My favorite trick was to make her stand on two feet and stretch the full length of her body vertically, reaching way up high for treats, which I would drop in her gaping mouth while she grasped my hand.
Read more →Downfall of an American Emperor
My parent’s generation had its Nixon. Now my children’s have theirs, even if many of them still are in denial about it. Presidential administrations, both Republican (e.g., Harding, Nixon) and Democrat (Clinton, Obama) have been soiled to the point of grievous damage or even premature ending by scandals of their own doing, arising ultimately from [...]
Read more →The Myth of the Goodness of Humanity
I’ve often heard of the “goodness of humanity”, as if this is congenital and dominant in our natures. Really? I say that’s a bunch of Utopian crap–a delusional, insular, Pollyanna, head-in-sand worldview that ignores blatantly obvious reality. There’s a reason toddlers in the sandbox take more than give. We have to learn civilized behavior. Some [...]
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