It’s always now

  Sam Harris notes on his blog, that he’s observed a number of instances, on You Tube, where folks have set the audio portions, from some of his appearances, to slide-show, animation, or video creations of their own.  And to sometimes much greater effect, in his opinion, than watching himself standing at a podium. Wishing…

An ode to Sarah Palin

As the elections approach, let us carefully consider. ( First published in 2 Bites of the Apple, 2009 ) Ode to Sarah Palin Man once believed that the earth was quite flat And it didn’t take god or the angels to know that And that man, a creature of dust, never even existed ’til by god’s own…

The human condition, and the genius of Alexander Pope

 (from September 24, 2010) Philosopher-poet, Alexander Pope was an 18th century critical genius, at dissecting the human condition. In a short series, I’ll be coming back to Mr. Pope, in parsing some very important – and oft quoted – works of particularly unique insight, that are still revered today. So, by way of introduction, for those who’ve never been touched by the depth…

Execution of Sentence for a Killer

Two loud bangs end 25 years on death row for Gardner  The Salt Lake Tribune Updated: 06/18/2010 08:03:55 AM MDT  Draper, Utah »   Five shots.  Four bullets.  With two loud bangs in quick succession, Ronnie Lee Gardner’s quarter century on Utah’s death row ended. . . read more    .     .     . In the Reader Comments following the…