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- Too Much of a Good Thing
I told a former friend of mine once that I was never going to have children because there were too many people on the planet already, and that, since we are all living longer than any humans have ever lived (save for fictional Old Testament characters), our population would only keep on increasing until we [...]
- The Science of Counting
If you were paying attention to Presidential politics this week, you saw that my little corner of the world received quite a bit of attention. All of the candidates were in the state this month, and there was much discussion in the national media Tuesday night of our now famous vote-by-mail system. Although [...]
- The Oprah Conundrum
Many, many years ago, when I was a much younger and happier man, I worked successively in three bookstores. Somewhere in that time, Oprah Winfrey started her now infamous book club. I can remember the love/hate relationship that all of us bookstore snobs had with her and the whole idea. Sure, promoting reading was a [...]
- Your Tax Dollars At Work
The two big government-related things that have jumped out at me recently are Chicago’s repeal of their foie gras ban and the overturn of the gay marriage ban in California.
I was never a fan of the foie gras ban, even though I detest everything about this so-called food. Unfortunately, the only thing these sorts of [...]
- Productivity
Yes, I know, it’s been too long since the last podcast. Well, I’m working on it right now and you should have it in your little earbuds soon enough.
Please forgive the long time between production, but I’ve been in a bit of a funk lately and haven’t felt much like doing anything (getting out of [...]