Reading time – 72 seconds . . . Pope Francis is visiting the United States this week and there is a question that begs an answer. Here are the facts. By the time his visit is complete he will have been received at the White House and will have visited the homeless. He will have… [read more]
Coming Together for Survival
Reading time – 41 seconds . . . A while back we had some assurance that there wouldn’t be a nuclear war with the Soviets. It was called “mutually assured destruction” – acronym MAD – and, not surprisingly, the Soviets wanted to continue to live as much as we did. That calculus for the… [read more]
One More Time, Jeb
Reading time – 2 minutes, 19 seconds . . . To you: Betcha you’re going to have an opinion on this. To Jeb: You told the lie again, a lie that has been repeated since 2002, this time at the CNN Republican candidate debate. You defended your brother’s legacy by telling us that he kept… [read more]
News Flash
Reading time – 43 seconds . . . Caution: The following is satire. Sensitive readers should close their eyes and chant, “I can’t see you, I can’t see you.” September 17, 2015 – Rochester, MN In a stunning announcement at their press conference today, doctors and neurological scientists at The Mayo Clinic released the results… [read more]
Get Up
Reading time – 47 seconds . . . “Democracy is a verb.” That’s what William McNary told us, speaking on July 26, 2015 on the Winnetka, IL Village Green at the 2015 Justice Day event. It was 50 years to the day since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke to 10,000 people gathered in that… [read more]
Candidate Don Quixote
Reading time – 44 seconds . . . Miguel de Cervantes told the tale of Don Quixote, an old man, perhaps with dementia, who did things that looked crazy to more able-brained observers. In a peasant hag he saw a lady – his lady – a woman of the highest order and worthy of his… [read more]
Congressional Monkeys
Reading time – 1 minute, 19 seconds . . . My brother recently sent along a story (thanks, JHA) that is an adaptation of the findings of a 1967 ground-breaking experiment with rhesus monkeys performed by Gordon R. Stephenson. It is presented here for your review. See if you can read this without nodding your… [read more]
You’re So Smart
Reading time – 9 (not a typo) seconds . . . The time is growing short for Congress to figure this out. Happily, you can help. This is your time to be the smartest kid in class, the first in your neighborhood, the person in the know. About the Iran deal. Everything you need is… [read more]
Spirit
Reading time – 47 seconds . . . Religion is all about rules laid down by people who lived a long time ago, rules commonly called dogma. Those people said (or somebody else said) that the words of their dogma were given to them by God or inspired by God. It is an act of… [read more]
If I Agreed With You
Reading time – 16 seconds . . . Frequent business travel offers many opportunities to learn. For example, I saw a guy wearing this T-shirt at O’Hare Airport last week. It pretty well defines our national attitude toward open-mindedness, eagerness to learn, tolerance of change and even to creativity. How’s that working for us? If… [read more]
