It was one of those bar discussions. Some guy who I hadn’t been talking to overheard me saying something along the lines of we “should shut down the disgusting two-bit operation the U.N. has goin’ that costs us a bundle…
I find myself troubled and confused. Like most civilized people, I have been using toilet paper all my life, except for a few months when my parents alleviated my childhood motor-skills illiteracy with something called diapers. Toilet paper is my…
From the flood of stupid proposals trying to end climate change by spoiling life for humans, one meriting my full consideration has finally come up. It is Matthew Liao’s thesis “Tackling Climate Change Through Human Engineering,” set out in an…
For some time now, people have been dying like crazy. I am against death because it seems to me to be very unprofessional. A true pro tries never to die, and, if he does, he waits until his absence can…
Joe Biden has joined the UAW strikers. I’m not sure if he’s attending as a worker or as a motorized vehicle. Or maybe to apologize to the strikers, because if there’s anything really threatening their wages, if there’s anything that’s…
Hunter S. Thompson was necessary for the rest of us to be able to do whatever we want in our columns and chronicles, without anyone knowing exactly it’s true or if it is all part of some joke — although…
These days, an AI application that translates videos to any language, even imitating the voice of the speaker, is gaining popularity. This has given us Joe Biden speaking in perfect Chinese and other things that we have found equally incredible,…
We men used to be strong, tough, and of few words. Men used to be men. The first consequence of the crisis of masculinity is that I have friends who go to Pilates classes, others who talk to you on…
Being in a good mood is overrated. It’s true that it makes life more pleasant for others, but it’s also true that sometimes we need to get angry — although I always advise my friends to be angry without bothering…
