Joe Biden is the Democratic Party’s VP candidate and I’ve devoted very little attention to him. That’s not surprising given that he is arguably only the sixth or seventh most relevant politician in the upcoming elections. He falls somewhere after...
The American psyche is prone to fits of fear that we are falling behind the world. In reality however, we’ve concluded...
If only each of us had an Oddball in our lives to keep out some of the negative waves. If it bleeds it leads is the long held mantra of news agencies throughout the world. Its national news if a factory closes. Its local news if a factory opens. If a bomb explodes in...
The dietary consensus on eggs and cholesterol flip-flops more than a politician before an election. This is unfortunate because the “its good-its bad-its good” narrative causes people to stop listening. The re-emerging consensus on eggs and cholesterol is...
He said nothing when he entered. I was passing the best of my razors back and forth on a strop. When I recognized him I started to tremble. But he didn’t notice. Hoping to conceal my emotion, I continued sharpening the razor. I tested it on the meat of my thumb,...
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this:...