Racism ⁽²²⁾

Did you know there's finally a movement toward getting that vile racist, Andrew Jackson, off the $20?  Check out Women on 20s and vote.  Vote for anyone!  Any vote at all is a vote for the change. In this small piece, How Hard Would It Be…

Or as you may know it, bird-watching?  It's a lovely pursuit: brings you closer to nature, gets you some low-stress exercise, puts you in a warm community of people who share your interest.  Here are some simple rules to help you get started. Things you…

All I am going to add to this Guardian story is, I can't think of a better place than a cemetery for it. The White Confederates Defending the South's Honor in Selma

As you might have read, I am no great fan of "verbing" -- the act of changing words that are different parts of speech into verbs by simply using them that way. To quote Calvin, "it weirds language." But I heard a word verbed recently…

“Collective fear stimulates herd instinct, and tends to produce ferocity  toward those who are not regarded as members of the herd.” ― Bertrand Russell, Unpopular Essays Watch this guano to the end, if you can. Full of lies, of course, but the lies are kind…