Ghulf Genes

It took a while this winter. The first big snow came yesterday. All earlier attempts by our local Winter Fairy to produce the first genuine ...

Back when I was in the military, thus well before 1973, military conscription was still in force. Most of the men I served with were therefo...

I’m not superstitious, but, alas, inside of me (down in the slums of my not that shining city of a self) lives another person, actually a v...

Some preliminary notes on context. In the summer of 2014 we moved from the east to the west of the Detroit metro area. In the east we lived ...

Whenever Easter week arrives, and Thursday of that week, we always wrestle with the naming of the day. It takes a while before we re-remembe...

I suppose that at its core Bliss is the feeling of being completely and overwhelmingly protected. Being a baby in one’s mother’s arms comes...

In the wake of at least two days of national dispute concerning President Trump’s mental health and fitness to serve in office—capped by Mr...

Once upon a time there were seven sisters and two brothers. Their mother was Detroit, their father was Edison. The first sister was born in...

Not a typo. To be sure, my first act on rising is looking out the window. But then the world I want to see is really merely Weather. I alre...

The second day of this or any other new year illustrates Nature’s “No comment” take on the human adulation of symbolic transitions. Yesterd...

What with bright sunshine, on a very cold Nordic sort of morning, illuminating our still standing or hanging Christmas decorations, my mind...

Earth Day, which is today, should by definition have 24 earth hours. But as it happens, Earth Hour has already been celebrated in 2017 on M...

The word genre is most commonly associated with literature—as in literary genre. Its root is, ultimately, the Latin genus. That word means ...

A rather thoughtful, complete, and sober assessment of the health care issue in the United States is presented on Patio Boat ( link ). If ...

That word is in quotes above because that word is taking on new meanings we hadn’t guessed before. Thus, for instance, we now have self-dri...

The New York Times ran a story this morning headlined (in the Times Digest ) Secretary of State Leads from Shadows . The essence the artic...

Donald Trump signed a Congressional resolution, passed February 2, a Thursday, on February 16, another Thursday. This resolution overturns ...

Let’s take a fairly simple idea. The one that follows is often heard repeated as the justification for cutting taxes. The idea: cutting tax...

The new product that I propose somebody should bring to market would be made of very thick concrete. It would be shaped like a telephone bo...

For what will be obvious reasons today, the word “sanction” caught our attention. To be sure, this piece may be read three or four years fr...