Just Trying to Get By
Suppose you won the lottery. It was worth $5 million. And suppose at the time you were working in a dead-end job selling home security systems door-to-door. And further suppose […]
Suppose you won the lottery. It was worth $5 million. And suppose at the time you were working in a dead-end job selling home security systems door-to-door. And further suppose […]
When we are discontent with the current state of affairs, as in politics or the price of gasoline, we often pine for the good old days, as if old society […]
Falling in love has always been considered one of the greatest human mysteries. Why this person at this particular time and not that person at another time? Why a brunette […]
The most commonly used justification for engaging in a free market economy is that free markets allocate scarce resources most efficiently. That is, in a free market there is […]
Those familiar with the founding of this nation, forged through the crafting of a national constitution, know that two general themes characterized its underpinnings: 1) the rights of a […]
In the 1960s, counterculture poet Allen Ginsberg spoke to the student body at the University of Buffalo. As was his style, his speech was laced with profanity and sexual crudeness. […]
Is it that certain look in the eyes? Knowing, intense, unwavering! You know the one. The one that holds us mesmerized. Well, it might be, but probably not. There’s a […]
When did a fender-bender become BREAKING NEWS? Or a snow storm in Colorado? Or the arrest of another politician? Or a long line on Black Friday at Target? And since […]
My best friend, Bruce, was born to his parents late in life. His father, Howard, was forty-nine when Bruce came along. Howard was an agreeable enough man, but he had […]