Brontosaurus

When our son was a young child, he was, like many of his peers, fascinated with dinosaurs. Susan and I were both working, and I […]

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Widening Inequality

We now have decades of widening income and wealth inequality in the US. But, in my lifetime, the worst inequality has been that of power. […]

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Tonight in Food Porn

My dinner plans for tonight included Greek meatballs with fettucine and a side of Greek Village salad. It didn’t quite work out that way. The […]

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Air-fried Pickles

We bought an air fryer earlier this year, and we have only used it as a pressure and slow cooker. I can’t give a statistic, […]

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Self-Soothing

If you have had children, you likely remember the Terrible Twos. It’s that period in child development when the brain experiences emotions that it does […]

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The Cowboy

Here, it is a steak. It’s the equivalent of a 1-rib roast – a great, big ribeye steak. Think of it as Prime Rib. I […]

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Rains

Maybe you have been as fortunate as we and had a good rain or perhaps a thunderstorm today. We’ve been surviving a heat wave with […]

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Absolutism

I read a couple of medical articles this afternoon that got me to thinking about absolutism. I don’t mean the absolutism of monarchs, dictators or […]

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Attorney or Justice?

I have no legal training, but I do occasionally ponder questions that require it. In the case of the current Supreme Court, I wonder whether […]

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