Richard's Pretension

I was up until well past 3 a.m. Friday night and arose again at 7 a.m next morning. There was no revelry afoot – just reading and TV. Inso...

Perhaps you have stumbled upon one or more of Caitlin Doughty’s Ask a Mortician videos. Perhaps not. I did a few weeks ago when researchin...

It’s been raining steadily for two days in my small part of the world. That’s fine by me. For one thing that means we’ve dodged a major sno...

I’m told there was a widely watched sporting event on Sunday and that Philly won. Despite February weather, Eagles fans celebrated in the s...

Everyone is capable of enjoying cruelty, and none more dangerously so than moralists, idealists, and ideologues who deny they do, for they ...

Humans think of themselves – quite rightly – as predators. I’m referring at the moment to the food chain, not to other uses of the term. Bu...

According to forecasts the cold weather, after doing much hard work locally for the past month, will take the next week off. At this writin...