In truth almost nothing I’ve ever done was as humbling as my Swiftwater rescue technician certification. I earned it, but I earned it the ha...

 

 

If I did a chart of frantic media messaging on COVID (or, increasingly, random respiratory disease panic) over the last couple of months, th...

David Strom is skeptical.

I shall be traveling to DC for a few days. This is the first time in three years. I don’t believe that any of you reside there, but shout ou...

A number of interactions and observations online lately have me thinking about sensitivity to others' feelings as an ethical duty. By ch...

The whooping cranes arrived several weeks ago. A friend just posted this picture on Facebook to show how truly huge they are. This picture...

Strictly speaking, "Christmas prep" is "Advent," but I'm talking about housekeeping matters. I was just about to po...

Cast iron cooking gives the best flavor. A year or so ago I posted a recipe for barbecue sauce. I have a Christmas version that differs slig...

IRS Agents Slide Down Chimneys Looking For Gifts Of $600 Or More Uh-Oh: Someone Let Aiden Hold A Candle For 'Silent Night' In Christ...

 

 

When we lived in China many years ago now, my wife and I encountered a form of Chinese humor that is really quite dominant there: the homoph...

Putting up and decorating a large, natural Christmas tree was fomenting domestic discord, so for the last several years I've been experi...

The author is not successful in establishing his thesis, which would require a defense of the massive issues around batteries and e-waste....

After Captain Blood , I decided to give Sabatini another try and read Scaramouche . I definitely learned more reading this book than the pri...

I would not have thought that Herschel Walker could lose an election in Georgia, but he did. A friend points out that he might have simply w...

This year the main story out of Pearl Harbor is Red Hill . Built after the Japanese raids, it is an under-mountain fuel facility that is pro...