Richard's Pretension

There are (sometimes overlapping) fads in movies and popular entertainment: the noir of the 40s/50s, the Westerns of the 50s/60s, the scifi ...

I visited an old friend with cognitive issues (and no internet presence) recently. He is no longer good at distinguishing between events he ...

The representatives of every nation say its weapons and military exist to deter aggression. No one ever believes it. This is nothing new. Th...

Two years ago at the beginning of the pandemic the local supermarket reserved the hours 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. for shoppers over 65, those being i...

A week ago Sunday I indulged in a “healthy” snack of freshly cut strawberries and blueberries. The quotation marks in the last sentence woul...

Nothing in this world is permanent. The world itself is not permanent: civilization far less so. The odds favor civilization getting through...

Like many people, I’m single at heart. This is something that took me an inordinate amount of time to learn, but which all my romantic compa...