Major Headlines

Obama Vows Bold Action to Meet Crises of War, Economy  -Reuters

Worldwide Hopes Soar for Obama Inauguration  -Associated Press

Huge Crowds Gather for Obama's Swearing In  -Wall Street Journal

Millions Witness a Profound Moment in Racial History  -New York Times… Read full post »

In 1991, Stephanie and I were caretakers living in a fourplex (with an extra basement apartment, just barely making it into a fiveplex).  This was before our marriage but after Steph had lost the vision in her right eye.  Partly in an attempt to save Steph's vision in her left eye,… Read full post »

This last Thanksgiving, a pair of bald eagles caused me to wonder why we are so comfortable with lies.

I spent the holiday with six members of my family at an isolated cabin on a northern Minnesota lake.  The cabin sits on a small point which is dotted by old-growth White… Read full post »

There is a lot of chatter about the uninsured in the US, but the uninsured are only part of the problem in our health care industry.  Even US citizens who do have health care coverage are largely under-insured and/or poorly served.  The reason?  This is because the health care service… Read full post »

I post these poems here as homage to the ongoing wit of John Cleese.  (Thanks in advance for not suing me, John!)

Ode to Bill O'Reilly
by John Cleese

Bill O'Reilly's "No Spin Zone"
Is rated highly by his own
Beloved mother, but no other.
Except that Bill, for all his faults
Still has one skill -… Read full post »

I am perspiring and catching my breath as I write this at nearly four in the morning. A little before three, I awoke to the sound of Jackson tearing around the second floor of the house. The various noises made by cats have their moods and intents, and this sound was/…

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