Fed Up with Runaway Campaign Spending, 86% of Maine Voters Back Constitutional Amendment to…After facing hundreds of millions of dollars in campaign spending from corporations aimed at influencing elections, Maine voters…Nov 9, 2023A response icon2Nov 9, 2023A response icon2
Let’s Talk About Sheep, Meat, and Climate ChangeAfter spending roughly three decades of my life as either a strict vegetarian, pescatarian, and even a year or so as a vegan, I’ve now…Jun 19, 2023A response icon2Jun 19, 2023A response icon2
George Santos, Performance ArtistThe congressman from New York elected under the name George Santos never worked on Wall Street, never graduated from college, and was never…Jan 23, 2023A response icon1Jan 23, 2023A response icon1
Twitter’s Biggest Problem Isn’t Elon Musk — It’s AdvertisingYes, Elon Musk is an arrogant, petulant billionaire who might just run twitter into the ground. Yes, there are serious concerns with how…Dec 16, 2022Dec 16, 2022
I was happy to vote in California’s RecallI know that many fellow Californians feel the attempted recall of Governor Gavin Newsom is a waste of time and money, but I was happy to…Sep 3, 2021A response icon2Sep 3, 2021A response icon2
Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics — a Belated ReviewI picked up a copy of Nicomachean Ethics recently, while waiting for family members to slowly peruse a museum giftshop. It seemed like a…Jun 25, 2019Jun 25, 2019
“It Can’t Happen Here,” — Until it Does A Review of the novel by Sinclair LewisIn the 1935 political novel It Can’t Happen Here, author Sinclair Lewis paints a frightening realistic picture of how authoritarianism…Jun 11, 2019A response icon1Jun 11, 2019A response icon1
Review of Ayn Rand’s Atlas ShruggedAn entertaining but twisted re-brand of social DarwinismDec 18, 2018A response icon2Dec 18, 2018A response icon2
Recovering from, and preventing, frozen shoulderWhen I was 49 years old, my right shoulder froze. I could not raise my arm higher than my head and learned to shampoo and comb my hair with…Sep 17, 2018Sep 17, 2018