Did our esteemed president just release five senior Taliban leaders in exchange for one soldier (who almost certainly deserted) and the promise that the released Taliban will behave themselves? Did he do so unilaterally, ignoring a law requiring him to give Congress 30 days’ notice before releasing anyone from Guantanamo? Is the released POW’s father … Read more
“Great to see you!” >mwah!< The kiss hello—meaning, a platonic kiss as part of the initial greeting between friends—is an intriguing phenomenon. It even got its own Seinfeld episode. It’s not particularly common anymore, I don’t think, at least in my circles. I still see it/experience it occasionally, though I remember seeing a lot more … Read more
Tonight ends my Dominion Over Animals post series. I’m stopping at eight installments. Could have done 50. I hope I’ve conveyed that there’s a lot for reasonable people to think about when it comes to how we treat animals. That’s been the point. I skipped what I consider to be obvious things. Reasonable people don’t … Read more