Little issues
Don’t you think we spend too much time on big issues? I know I do. Pollution, honest politicians, health and diet, saving money, weight? They are big issues, important, but … Continue reading
The JFK murder
This essay about a 50 year old murder is written for all those who, like me, have not thought about that crime in any detail (the few of us!) and … Continue reading
The Eve of Destruction
This is the way the world ends This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper. (TS Eliot The Hollow Men 1925) Friends are hinting … Continue reading
Universe of Wonders
Wonders of the Universe was a cosmology series on BBC, presented by Brian Cox in 2011, which dared to go back to where science originally came from: metaphysics. (I was … Continue reading
The Female Drag Queen
Mae West as we remember her, in 1934’s Belle of the Nineties Mae West has two kinds of fans today. Those who relish her wit, exemplified in dozens of one … Continue reading
Talking to Robots
I received an email yesterday (actually a blog ‘comment’) that really made me think. First of all, I didn’t know the sender at all: his name was nmvlvcgniz, writing from … Continue reading
Satirists, atheists and humorists
I watched one of George Carlin’s shows the other night. The man is a hero of mine, and I think of him as one of the great figures of world … Continue reading
