It’s so quiet, still & wit…

I always loved Mary McGrory’s writing in the Washington Post, especially her clever ways of skewering pomposity and the billowing hot air from the right. Mary died last night at 85, and her obituary in the  [more...]

What’s your carbon footprint? The average is 15,000 pounds per year of carbon dioxide, the main contributor to global warming. Mine turns out to be 9,500, smaller than average — but still, larger than  [more...]

Here’s another story that bugs me, but I can’t seem to form a coherent opinion one way or the other. A Utah woman has been charged with first-degree murder for allegedly refusing to undergo a Caesarean  [more...]