Richard's Pretension

That would be 1,3,7-Trimethxylaxanthine, better known as caffeine. My mornings get a lot better after the first dose, usually contained in a...

Even as earth’s population tops 8 billion, much public discussion lately has centered on declining birthrates around the world. Elon Musk fa...

Some recent unexpected hefty expenses brought back to mind a brief review I wrote in June of Bill Perkins’ book Die with Zero  in which the ...

I peered into my liquor/wine cabinet today and gave its contents a quick assessment. I hadn’t opened it in all of September. I am not a teet...

The political weather in the contemporary USA is always stormy, but the intensity increases when candidates position themselves seriously fo...

Of those still above ground, one of my go-to mystery/suspense authors for recreational reading is fellow New Jersey native Harlan Coben. (So...

I’ve been soft-shoeing around the edges of some of life’s vicissitudes this week. I won’t explain that further because it is not really my s...