For the most part, my husband is a rational and logical human being. There is an orderly and predictable pattern to his days. He showers in the morning; brushes his teeth after meals. He rises early and goes to bed at a reasonable hour. He is a reasonable man - for the most part. On occasion, ...
Q: How has the U.S. patent system contributed to American prosperity? A: The genius of America’s system of free enterprise rewards risk-taking. The nation’s founders embraced the power of ingenuity, innovation, invention and investment to drive progress, opportunity and prosperity. The ...
Well, the wasps are flying around my garage door again building this year building nests. Normally, I work hard at eliminating any that take up residence so close to regularly used doors and windows in my home or shop. These are an exception because I find these ones fascinating and relatively ...
You forget how tiny they are. And helpless. So utterly, completely helpless. And exhausted. And hungry. And explosive. So literally explosive. Eat, poop, sleep, repeat. Cry, but not often if you are lucky. Babies - of the human variety. They are born helpless and remain dependent on parental ...
Are you committed? There is an old joke in which a chicken and a pig are talking and the chicken says, “Let’s start a restaurant.” The pig replies, “Good idea, but what should we call it?” “How about ‘Ham and Eggs’” says the chicken. “No thanks,” says the pig, “I’d be ...
Ps. 19:1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. “Greetings, greetings, fellow stargazers!” This was how Jack Horkheimer always opened his show on public television. Like this column, Jack usually stuck to what you could see in the night sky with ...
Q: What’s on the table for renewing the next Farm Bill? A: The Agricultural Act of 2014, more commonly known as the Farm Bill, will expire on Sept. 30. The sweeping farm and food law typically is updated every five years. It sets the legal framework for administering a broad range of public ...
School’s out! Summer stretches out before us like a long and indulgent novel. We pull out shorts, flip flops and bathing suits and stock up on sunscreen and bug spray. We plan for time on the boat, days on the beach, bonfires at night, barbecues in the backyard and the activity I always look ...
Q: Why are you pushing for better transparency in the federal judiciary? A: Justice Louis Brandeis hit the nail on the head more than a century ago. The future associate justice of the Supreme Court wrote that “Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.” Through my experience ...
A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin. It was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes - during that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that at least a thousand or so people went through the station, most of them ...