Random Brain Droppings

Last Saturday, I escaped the suburban prison camp for a day trip down to the coast. When I left Columbia I didn't have a destination but...

One of the questions of existence that has been stuck in my head like an irritating song is the nature of human intelligence. The mai...

Despite nearly three years of Trump occupying the White House and his accompanying assaults on human intelligence, dignity, and com...

 For the obvious selfish and foolish reasons, I had begun to convince myself the South Carolina coast just might avoid any issues this ...

Well, like all great vacations mine ended far sooner than I was comfortable with. As of this posting, we're all back home ...

For most Americans, things don't get more patrician than standing on the lido deck of the Disney Magic cruise ship as it sails t...

  Sadly, calm and rational thought is quite rare in our society and culture these days. If anything, the country seems to b...

Given the current dangerous circumstances, I'm all for joining forces with less crazy Republicans to oppose Trump. The one thing that ...

Omsin, the nickname for a green sea turtle living in Thailand that recently garnered international sympathy after it became sick from e...

“The Collapse of Civilization” by Steve Thomas Predicting the future is truthfully a fool's errand. Recent societal changes ha...

As everyone can guess, I made it a habit all that week to get to the resort's beach house to watch the sunrise. This picture was taken...