Smokers are not as smart as nonsmokers. Considering the addictive nature of nicotine and the deliberate manipulation of nicotine levels by tobacco companies. this was an assumption that never seemed…
The New York Times (and many other media outlets) have reported on two new randomized clinical trials published in The New England Journal of Medicine that found that removing sugary…
My wife thinks our son’s tiny feet are cute as hell. She is not alone. Most women, and especially mothers, are surprisingly obsessed with baby feet. Charlie’s feet are often…
The Hartford Courant ran a piece about me today. I have yet to purchase a newspaper, but my friend was kind enough to send me a photo of the story…
In the United States, if your dog needs a kidney transplant, you can take one from a stray animal if you agree to adopt the stray. I like this. It…
Watching this video made me realize that human beings have been constantly and consistently killing each other in organized fashion for hundreds of years, and at an astonishing rate. I…
The Italian cover of MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGARY FRIEND, retitled IMAGINARY FRIEND, has been released. I like it a lot. You?
For twenty years or more, I have listened to people in movies and on television begin reciting the limerick “There Once Was a Man from Nantucket” and then stop after…
In an effort to be more aware of my own prejudices and biases, I have begun examining some of my potentially less-than-fair assumptions about people and life. I’ll be posting…
