Master curmudgeon H.L. Mencken wrote, “No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.” Mencken wrote this knowing that, as societies go, ours is a beacon of higher thought and inquiry. At the same time, he bemoaned “the virulence of the national appetite for bogus revelation.” Which brings us to…
When he noticed weird stuff floating in his right eye, he didn’t blink. He called an eye doctor. The next day, 24 hours after the abnormality introduced itself, he had eye surgery – a vitrectomy — that very likely spared him the loss of sight in that eye from a detached retina. If…
It’s 2015, you know, and a tea party fantasy looks to be realized. No, we’re not talking about Republican control of both houses of Congress. We’re talking about the fantasy that begat a sequel to “Back to the Future.” If you recall, the last lines in this first movie came from old Doc…
The dryer went kaput. We ordered a new one, but the pile of laundry couldn’t wait until a way-past-New Year’s Eve delivery. So my bride and I ushered in 2015 at the laundromat. I wished Mitt Romney could have been with us, there among the people who pay a penalty every day for…