Straws…finally
I wrote a blog post in February of 2008 warning that Plastic Straws were an Environmental Abomination....
Author: Simon
Plato on Participation
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your...
A Radical Dump Idea
Many years ago before indoor plumbing people carried their "night soil" outside to the honey man who picked it up and...
Porn Stars
We are in a strange territory when beauty-pageant swimsuit competitions are evil relics of toxic masculinity — but...
What are We?
“You are what you repeatedly do.”...
Ending Suicide Bombing
"The only way we have left to control suicide-terrorists would be precisely to convince them that blowing themselves up...
Give and Take (Churchill Quote)
"There is nothing government can give you that it hasn't taken from you in the first place." Winston...
Great Thoughts
"All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking." Fredrick...
The Freeway Dream
I got this postcard from a Postcrossing connection last week. The card is from the early 1960's and it shows the...
Happy 4th of July
Three Cheers for the Red, White and Blue What a great...
