A bowler hat, a broken guitar string, and a jelly sandwich are three things that don’t seem to have much in common at first glance. Yet, there is a string that binds them. They are all things that make me sad. And what’s more is they are all representative of categories that make me sad….
A short time ago, Doug Glanville published a piece about being profiled in his own driveway in Hartford. I read it, was annoyed on his behalf, and went on with my life. A short time later, the police chief of West Hartford published an Op Ed piece claiming that Doug Glanville was not profiled and…
As I mentioned in my last post, I wrote a book. The name of the book is “What Happened to Mommy’s Boobs?” I wrote the book to help a friend going through breast cancer treatments. The proceeds are going to breast cancer research. I really wasn’t expecting much. I figured if I was lucky, I’d…
This post is actually a little hard. I say actually because it should be easy. It should be easy because I have literally never seen a good argument against gun control. But, that is what also makes it hard. There are just so many bad arguments, I don’t even know where to begin. And, let’s…
My logic 101 post got way more attention than I expected. Now I’m feeling a little pressure, but that’s probably a good thing. It will keep me from getting lazy. Since one of the commentors mentioned marijuana, that’s where I’ll start. There are three types of argument that I consistently see and hear regarding legalizing…
What do the teachers’ union, the gun lobby, the pro-marijuana activists, the anti-GMO activists, the anti-gay crusaders, and the anti-fracking activists have in common? Apparently, none of them ever took, let alone passed, logic 101. Now, that’s a pretty diverse group, and I am actually sympathetic to some of them. But their arguments in support…
There’s a funny thing about human beings. Rationality is only one of many factors in our decision-making and often it is not one of the most important factors. If it were, there would be no gun control debate. All of the available evidence points to a safer, happier and freer society when guns are restricted….
This is just a little experiment to see how to punctuate a quote within a quote within a quote within a quote and still have it be readable. If anyone reads it, let me know what you think (about the punctuation): Gene sidled into the writing center and saw Kerri. He approached her and…
“Well, what have we here? We weren’t expecting you for quite some time. What happened?” “‘Scuse me?” “We thought we had another 20-25 years before you got here,” the gate attendant replied. Jack looked around at the fluffy ground and giant golden gate in front of him. “Am I dead?” he asked. “Yup.” “Wow. How’d…
