Now, THAT’S What I Call ‘Burying the Lead’ “The mismatch between the anatomical and genetic evidence [from a recently discovered fossil] surprised scientists, who are now rethinking human evolution over the past few hundred thousand years.” –“Baffling 400,000 Clue to Human Origins“; The New York Times (Dec. 4, 2013) If you’ve been out of the loop...Read More
Spoken Like a True Dyslexic My (mildly) dyslexic, left-handed son — just like me — posed that question today. Why isn’t it “westnorth” instead of “northwest?” Or “eastsouth,” instead of “southeast?” Makes perfectly good sense to me . . .Read More
Taking Grantham Out of Context What is the best proof that stocks are overpriced? (full disclosure: I think they are). When market mavens like Jeremy Grantham put out cautionary if not scary analyses, and the instant headlines are drivel like, “Grantham Predicts Markets to Rise 20% – 30%.” What Grantham really said is that —...Read More
Minnesota vs. Wisconsin This Saturday How do you know that the Minnesota Gopher football team is having a banner year? It’s not their 8-2 record, wins over powerhouses Nebraska and Penn State, or even their (brief) appearance in “Top 25” polls. Give up? It’s their (prime time) game time: specifically, 2:30 p.m this Saturday vs....Read More
$2.88 Per Gallon — Or Less That $70 or so to fill my family’s minivan as recently as last Spring is suddenly . . . a lot less — yesterday’s fill came to a modest $44 (I needed a little less than a full tank). In fact, if you buy your gas at Costco and...Read More
Answer #3: ‘No Comment’ “If you do drug policy and you’re asked whether you use drugs, you’ve got two choices. You can say, “Yes, I’m a lawbreaker. Please come arrest me and ignore everything I say because I’m a bad person.’ Or, “No, actually I don’t know what the hell I’m talking about.” Since neither...Read More
