It’s popular to talk about age as if it’s nothing more than a number. An annoying negative thought that a little positive psychology can eradicate. Or a character flaw for the self-help aisle to address. You generally hear that kind of talk among boomers and the occasional Gen-Xer. I mean,[…] Read On
“Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together … mass hysteria!” – Peter Venkman, Ghostbusters Tesla has a $351 billion market cap. With a P/E of 976. Ellen Degeneres is getting canceled. Seth Rogen is being hailed as a historian of Judaism for playing a Jewish guy in a movie. A[…] Read On
Nobody’s perfect. We all make mistakes. Sometimes our mistakes harm others. For most of us, workplace errors have relatively benign effects. Not so for doctors, firefighters, police, politicians and other jobs where lives are at stake. That may be power but it’s also a burden. A heavy burden. Look. Nobody[…] Read On
After three long months it sure is cool to see the Yankees right back where they left off last season, pummeling the hapless Orioles. Sometime around the fourth or fifth inning of today’s game the topic turned to how badly players wanted to play this year, in spite of the[…] Read On
I used to joke about how we’re getting to Idiocracy 500 years ahead of schedule. Now it’s no joke. Seriously. I’m almost sure that people used to have more intelligence, or at least more common sense, than they do now. Now that I look at what I just wrote, I[…] Read On
There are remarkable similarities between the Hong Kong Flu outbreak of 1968 and today’s Covid-19 pandemic, but almost nobody talks about them. Why? Things are very different today than they were back then. Things that have nothing to do with science. The National Review’s John Fund says, “ubiquitous media coverage,[…] Read On
Otter: Mrs. Wormer, I’m so glad you could come.Marion Wormer: Cut the crap. Give me a drink. The term ideology used to bring to mind great leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, rare individuals who embodied a sort of purity of vision we rarely see anymore. Sadly,[…] Read On