Life is chain of moments, most of them of not great or significant moment. But life does have its moments for just about everybody, some get more than others; some get…
The God Biz is a marvelous enterprise. All other economic enterprises employ some earthly resources—raw materials, finished goods, knowledge and service—but religion turns nothing(that which cannot be known) into something through the catalyst…
What!? They plan to sculpt the face of Moqtada al Sadr into Mt. Rushmore!? We have heard George Bush say it many times: we must defeat the insrugents and…
When it comes to religions I always try to be ecumenical—I have contempt for them all, though probably not equally. I find myself being more contemptuous of some, and a…
There is a young computer engineer, in his early thirties perhaps, who comes to the café I frequent. He’s a stoner, but has managed to get by the drug tests…
Many years ago I was wandering in the streets of Amsterdam—no I was not stoned on some hash that they sell right of the streets there. But I happened to…
I phoned an old friend a few days ago, one I had no spoken to in many years. He was a guy I had played basketball with, and I stumbled…
The heavy-set Korean guy who crammed himself into the seat next to me on a commuter flight from San Diego to LAX had a ring on his pudgy finger that…
[Editorial Note: Dear Reader, The author of this piece has provocatively titled it in a manner to appeal to base values and prurient interests. The Office of Morals…
Remember the Press sisters of the old USSR (make that the CCCP) Olympic track and field team? They wiped out the competition in the shot put and discuss in the…