Archive For January 3, 2019
Do you feel that the disputed first Bush presidential election set America’s fate? A question posed to novelist Richard Ford by Granta. October 2007 It did set America’s fate. No question. Insofar as the election was stolen by the Republicans, and insofar as the American electorate was sufficiently uninspired as to permit such a close race, and insofar as the two-party system (particularly the feckless Democrats) allowed…
By Stanley Coren, Ph.D. fun facts dog myths I’ll bet if you asked most people “Which animal do you commonly associate with bad luck?” a frequent response you’ll get is “a cat.” Legend has it that if your path is crossed by a black cat, that is a sign of misfortune. In folklore, witches often take the…
Here we go again for the first time. 2019. Decided to get a jump on my seventy-third spin of the wheel. But then I didn’t. A couple of years ago, I used a New Year’s piece from four years earlier. Title was Self-Promises. And I Mean It This Time. And I am sure I did. Meant to do a…