As a public service, each week I collect and present online a list of the best quips that cross my Twitter feed. Readers then vote…
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Smollett OPS report The Office of the Special Prosecutor’s summary of its final conclusions, supporting findings and evidence relating to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s…
February, 2001: Is it true, as I often ruefully observe, that my grandchildren will engage in exactly the same debates over abortion that I’ve been…
The title “Picayune Sentinel” is a nod to my late grandfather, Max A. Zorn, who for many years in the pre-Internet era distributed a mimeographed newsletter titled…
I invited dissenting opinions on my November, 2021, speech to the Ethical Humanist Society and here are some excerpts: Ira P. — The views you’ve…
Posted in July, 2013 I’ve been watching (actually listening) to most of George Zimmerman’s trial in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin and am offering…
Prepared text of a speech delivered Nov. 7 to the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago I’m going to frame my talk today around a personal…
It’s time to have robo-umps call balls and strikes in the major leagues. Most sports have embraced technology to reduce “the human element” that so…
Click the box next to each tweet that amuses you — no limit to the number of choices. I’ll note the winner in a follow-up…
The involved backstory as to the reason “Why Don’t You Introduce Me as Your Darling?” is Today’s Tune begins in the fall of 1974, when…