Several philosophical breadcrumb journeys have brought me back to the Reinhold Niebuhr. And I’m finding that I either agree with, or wish I could agree with him, on a few topics. MLK’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” mentions Niebuhr’s influence on MLK, and transitively, on the …
Watching the beginning of “Charlie Says” (about the girls in Charlie Manson’s “family”) reminded me of a documentary I saw in high school. It was all about an anguished family’s efforts to deprogram their adult sibling/child from Reverend Moon’s cult. I remember discussing what it …
There’s sure a lot to say about the novel coronavirus and about our healthcare system and the response and epidemiology and education and sports and politics and cultural views on food and medicine. I’d planned to write about most of those, and maybe I still …
SUPER BOWL LIV It’s hard to be happy at getting the winners and being 8-2 during the playoffs (178-87-1 overall) when I was a disaster in the “betting” department. I missed both against the spread (3-6-1 for playoffs, 142-118-6 overall) and both over/under (6-4 for …
At least I did okay picking winners, but I really had a rough week in the divisional round. I was 3-1 picking winners (6-2 in playoffs, 176-87-1 overall) only missing on the Titans. I really expected them to make some mistakes and be worn out. …
I can’t complain, but to paraphrase Joe Walsh I’m going to anyway. I had a really great weekend and it could have been epic. I was 3-1 picking winners. My only loss was the Saints because they couldn’t kick a 43-yard field goal as the …
Well I had the best final week I’ve ever had and I don’t even need to look that up. It’s really tough to pick winners while teams are resting starters and I was 12-4 (170-85-1 overall) which left me tied with Vinnie Iyer atop the …
Economics is so multivariate, so complex, that propagandists can probably find data to support whatever conclusion they want to state. I mean, they may not be able to do so in a way that will convince economists. But they will be able to convince the …
I’ve had worse performances in the penultimate week of the regular season, no question. However, I’m trying to do something and it put me in bad position. I was 11-5 picking winners (158-81-1 overall) and now need a really great final week in arguably the …
I think I did okay last week, even better if I didn’t miss on both the games that took place where I live. Insert face plant emoji here. In fairness, the refs hosed Oakland in their loss to Jacksonville and San Francisco was one foot …
