Intellectual Agitation
Thanks to the wonders of science we are never at a loss for a reason to shake our heads in amazement. For example, we have long been aware of our distant human relative, the Neanderthal. Discovered more than 50 years ago, it has helped us better learn history of our own humanity. We continue to…
In mid-spring 2014, as Seattle basked in an unusually sunny and warm spring, I was persuaded (cajoled more like it) by a friend to head downtown and witness firsthand the annual fracas known as the Seattle May Day parade/protests. It was the 1st of May and the time when Seattleites take to the streets to…
Today’s note from the edge of humanity… Most anybody with siblings, elder siblings specifically, has likely been teased with the good, old wisecrack suggestion of going to run out and play in traffic. Well, today, the greatness of America swelled to take that dangerous idea to a new level. On the Route 3 West freeway…