With all that’s going on in the world, instead of adding to the concern about the coronavirus, I thought a short story about the ‘softer’ side of life might be in order. Silly me, I was opening the mail using my index finger instead of a letter opener and as I brushed...

When the store manager at Wal-Mart announces, “Special de hoy; ¡comprar tres tomates y conseguir uno libre!” over its public address system Wal-Mart is providing a service to a segment of its customer base.  At the same time many find it irritating when a clerk at the...

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had once failed an entire class.  The class insisted that wealth re-distribution (aka socialism) worked because then no one would be poor and no one would...

It’s hard to recall a Washington idea that has caused as much consternation as the Green New Deal, making it fair to ask; is the ‘deal’ justifiably bold or is it unnecessarily expansive vis-à-vis its lack of specificity.  And while you think about the answer to that...

The democrats aren’t running against Trump’s policies, they’re running against his personality. The government sent more troops and armament to arrest 68-year old Roger Stone in his home that it sent to rescue our ambassador in Benghazi--think about that. Chelsea...

A teacher once asked a class of middle school students if they could identify the Seven Wonders of the World.  Though there was some disagreement among the students, the Great Pyramids of Egypt, the Taj Mahal, the Grand Canyon, St. Peter’s Basilica, The Empire State...

Famous quotes I'd like to share - 1) When I die, I want to die like my grandfather-- who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car." --Author Unknown 2) Advice for the day: If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do...

Normally I refrain from singling out either democrats or republicans.  My political lexicon is left, right, liberal, conservative, etc.  But today I’m going to depart from that practice and single out a party I believe is going off the rails. On December 10th 2019, 44...

Unlike English, nouns in French are designated as either masculine or feminine.  A house is feminine, “la mansion,” while a pencil is masculine, “le crayon.”  So what gender is a computer? A group of men might reason that computers are feminine (“la computere”)...