We’re All Taylor Swift
I want to take you back. Remember the distant year 2013? Something happened that year that no one was expecting. Some millennial girl released a pop song and it wasn’t…
The Virtue of Pleasure
“The art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass, and the keenest pleasures are not intellectual, nor are they always moral.” The great Greek philosopher Aristippus was a…
Tyranny of the Left
“Tyranny is the deliberate removal of nuance.” Documentary filmmaker and psychologist Albert Maysles said that. For all my searching, I couldn’t get a firm story on the context, but he…
Motorcycles (are a Metaphor)
Once upon a time there was a man named Stuart. One day, Stuart is feeling terrible. He goes to the bathroom starts peeing blood and the pain in his intestines…
Let’s Kill the Old People(?)
Did you know that only 1 in 5 men and 1 in 3 women ever reach the age of 90? The average 90-year-old lives in a care facility staffed by…
Screw The Planet
Once upon a time, a special new kind of life evolved on Earth. This new life form fit in with the ecosystem it emerged from but, over time, it grew.…
How To Make The World A Better Place
I want to make the world a better place. I want the world to be better today than it was yesterday, better tomorrow than it is today, better when my…
Let It Go
When I was a kid, I was a hoarder. I kept every graded assignment from school. Every toy and every box it came in. Every toothbrush. Every sock with the…
We Hold These Truths to be Self-Evident
"We hold these truths to be self-evident," wrote Thomas Jefferson 244 years ago, "that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,…
Politics Explained!
“Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself.”Mark Twain Who can’t get behind that one? We all know politics sucks. But…