The other day, I had cause to sit in on a medical appointment. I’ve sat in on lots of medical appointments over the years, but this was one of those relatively rare times when I was there because of my… Continue Reading
My oldest son, who has just started kindergarten, has begun what was until recently a kinda cute phase of suddenly being embarrassed to be different from his peers. First he told me he wanted to be browner (his school has… Continue Reading
As Russell once did to interesting results, and Kazzy just reminded me, I’m open for suggestions for anything you’d like me to blog about. I got my BA and MA in film studies, then switched to philosophy. I specialize in… Continue Reading
Adrienne Pine, a professor at American University, is in a bit of a tempest. On the first day of classes, the single mother’s baby had a fever and could not be brought to day care. So Pine brought the baby… Continue Reading
Driving home from work last night, I caught the tail end of Terry Gross’s interview with Andrew Rannells. Rannells is one of the stars of the new NBC sitcom “The New Normal,” and played the lead in the original Broadway… Continue Reading
The other day, I lingered in my car to hear the entirety of Annie Lennox’s 1992 hit “Walking on Broken Glass.” Chances are I had something better to be doing inside, but there was at least another verse to go… Continue Reading
No big surprises here: Antibiotics are important drugs, often restoring health and even saving lives. But like all drugs, they can have unwanted and serious side effects, some of which may not become apparent until many thousands of patients have… Continue Reading
It’s recipe time here at the League! I am pleased to say that I do, indeed, have my own recipe for chili, but since that’s already been done, I thought perhaps I would share my recipe for chicken soup. Cold… Continue Reading
Like essentially everyone not named Krauthammer, I loved the First Lady’s speech on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention. I thought that it was warm and personal and effective. It’s probably no great surprise that I liked it,… Continue Reading
I am usually loath to post about something without supporting links. I feel it’s an undue privilege for a blogger to report about something that he or she cannot verify independently of their own claim of fact. I hate, in… Continue Reading