PLAYING CHICKEN WITH A NORTH KOREAN DINGBAT (…is dangerous because he may not know how or when to…blink) North Korea’s Kim Jong Eun’s recent behavior seems downright irrational, if not insane, from our point of view, but, apparently, not from
April 6, 2013
CALIFORNIA’S PROPOSITION 8 (…don’t the IX and X Amendments mean anything anymore?) Some years ago the voters of California adopted a system for placing – Measures- and –Propositions – on the ballot as a means of bypassing Legislature obstructionism for
CYPRUS…ON THE ROCKS (…facing a cocktail as bitter as the one Socrates drank) Cyprus has had a very turbulent history and the EU’s bailout terms are just adding another wild chapter to that history. After a relatively peaceful and prosperous
VOYAGER…GOING…GOING…GOING (…and on to galaxies far, far, away…) Thirty five years ago we launched a small space probe from Earth. It’s still going strong today, having remained in communication with us all that time as it passed by the outer
LION-A-LA-CARTE (…more exotic eats for upwardly mobile gastronomes…) A curious news snippet caught our attention the other day. Some members of the Illinois State Legislature are seeking to ban the sale and marketing of lion meat in that state. Apparently