Here Comes Santa Claus

Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are my Gym days. I usually go at around noon since it’s less crowded and because many people are out of town.

Planet B—A Place Like Earth—But Not Too Much Like Earth

A large branch of Mahayana Buddhism is concerned with a mythical pure land and the Amida Buddha.  I’m not going there both because I have doubts about reincarnation and because, I do admit, I’m not so pure at heart to qualify.

Kyle Rittenhouse: Open Carry Equals Open Madness

Some things attract flies and other vermin. Some events do too, only we’ve become so self-deluded we tend to get away with calling them “peaceful protests”

The Inevitable Ticking Clock

If I were to write a detailed summary of what I think of Ron DeSantis, it would be lengthy. I saw what I expected: it was a request for money

Taking a Closer Look at DUNE, the Movie

OK, Homer. Who could have a problem believing that a lineage could be traceable and cohesive after 20,000 years.

After Many A Summer Dies the Swan—Remembering Axis Sally and Tokyo Rose

Those times our country and much of the world were in dire peril, there were people who disseminated information that aided our enemies.

Is Hope Really the Gateway to Despair?

If hope is the gateway to despair, to paraphrase Thomas Merton,  pessimism, or the abandonment thereof, doesn’t sound likely to lead anywhere worth going either.

Teaching History—Were There Ever Any Heroes?

“They don’t teach history anymore,” said participants on Friday morning’s Morning Joe.