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 […]
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Idealization
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
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 Economics of Climate Change
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 […]
Founding Fathers
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 […]
Civility
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. […]
Soulmates
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 […]
News Blues
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 […]
Aging in Style
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 […]