Some of the more difficult test questions I recall from graduate school examinations had to do with bipartite statements.
What one was asked to ascertain, as the test taker, was whether parts A and B were both true and related, true but unrelated, or if either part were false, or…
It is an imperfect world, and always will be.
Just like individuals, collective individuals (read society) makes mistakes. And, when those mistakes are discovered, restitution is appropriate.
It is also expected, and those expectations are not unreasonable.
In ancient times, mistakes were sometimes made. …
Were it springtime, and I in the springtime of life, I might be considering other matters.
Given the time of year and the season of life I find myself in, thoughts turn instead to family gatherings, holiday celebrations and the like.
And, if you are of certain age, to potentially…
“When the public’s right to know is threatened, all other public rights are threatened.”
In recent times, one item has concerned one Gabby (Gabrielle) Petito and her fiancé, Brian Laundrie.
It was all over the news.
TV programs and personalities gave…
“If you are lonely when you’re alone, you are in bad company.”
I wish to make an observation.
I don’t know if it means anything.
But it could.
It might be a red herring (expression popularized in 1807 when English polemicist William Cobbett told a story of using strong-smelling…
“Be present in all things and thankful in all things.”
Someone once described war as: ‘Long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror.’
Similar to flying: ‘Hours and hours of sheer boredom punctuated by moments of stark panic.’
And Forrest Gump…
Note: this situation is not the result of fabrication, the product of someone’s fevered imagination.
Rather, it is taken from the October 30, 2021 edition of the LOS ANGELES TIMES, a daily newspaper.
You can read the column here:
There once was a certain place, a town called Tooleville, named…
“To hold infinity in the palm of your hand, and eternity in an hour, see a world in a grain of sand or heaven in a wild flower.”
Inspired by Job 38–41:
Yahweh speaks to Job out of a whirlwind, perhaps…
This isn’t the kind of piece I write very often, but then, it isn’t often a legend is retired. Even though it happened over 3 decades ago, I think it deserves mention.
Some may have forgotten.
Francis Gary Powers, U.S. U2 reconnaissance (read spy) pilot, was shot down on May…
Recently I undertook what I anticipated might be a daunting task.
I have been on benzodiazepines for decades.
I could not sleep without them.
In contemporary parlance, I had become habituated.
First it was Dalmane (generic fluazepam).
But the large HMO of which I am a member doesn’t carry that…
