I was in a big city recently and I noticed that the traffic was congested during non-rush hours. It took a while to understand the problem, and when I did it was with a sense of foreboding because there were entire lanes that had been removed from vehicular use and Read more…
I was recently buying new windshield wipers when the parts salesman mentioned that a mutual acquaintance, a mechanic, had passed away a few days earlier. This was surprising because the mechanic was not yet 60, and was in reasonably good health as far as I was aware. When I said Read more…
Hawai’i, a sovereign nation minding its own business, was illegally annexed by the United States of America in 1898. About 60 years later American statehood was granted to the islands, and a 50th star was added to the American flag. Since then a movement to undo this act has Read more…