A student of philosophy, I still ponder life’s great unanswered puzzles.Who killed JFK? Beatles or Stones? Wilma or Betty? Ginger or Mary Ann? Paper or plastic?I concede that none of these great queries may ever be answered before the sun swells to supernova size and obliterates everyone but ...
Every so often I’m reminded that I missed out on many an opportunity to be crazy rich. It seems that I have relatives who were brilliant or acquaintances who “just missed” making millions.My mom always claimed that members of her side of the family were famous inventors. Wilbur and ...
Groundhog Day freshly behind us for another year, it’s time for the first news quiz of 2019.1. Last week much of the United States was in the grip of a deadly Polar Vortex. Until local weather forecasters explained the phenomenon, most people thought Polar Vortex was:a) The latest flavor of ...
It’s not every day that I look up the word “aphrodisiac.” But last week found me searching for the word online, prompted by an article in the United Kingdom tabloid “The Mirror”: “Aphrodisiac crisps are now a thing – and they have ‘provocative’ effect on body.”Let me briefly ...
Like so many others who grew up in the 1950s, I’ve seen more than my share of science fiction films with extraterrestrials as their center point. Among my favorites is “The Thing,” with James Arness – later to gain fame as Marshal Matt Dillon on TV’s “Gunsmoke” – playing a ...
Words have power. Words can be inspiring, insulting, infuriating. Words also can be misappropriated, misused and misinterpreted – especially misinterpreted. Take, for example, the case of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.”A number of radio stations in the United States and Canada began pulling ...
