Our guide was pointing out the prehistoric waterline of Bonneville Lake when I noticed it: a single tree of surprisingly deep green on a hillside covered in dry, endless grass. It was like a storybook illustration or a prop in a diorama, a tree almost too perfect—gnarled and asymmetrical in just the right places—as if [...]
1. Really sick people usually don’t have many complaints. They are too sick to. Whether because of illness or trauma, people with life-and-death kinds of problems usually don’t complain much. They are either unconscious or all their energy is focused on staying alive.
2. The converse is also true: people who [...]
1. My dear friend’s brother is 43; he’s in a happily rewarding second marriage and his kids are 5, 3, and newborn. Despite this brand-new sprouting family, though, he strongly feels his primary duty is to serve in the war, so he’s decided to enlist. His particular assignment, which is slated to last [...]
Just another cheerful reminder about the kind of country we’re living in:
Over the weekend, Congress passed an amendment to FISA (the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act), the law that the administration apparently violated with one or more secret programs that wiretapped communications involving U.S. persons without a warrant. This secret program was the occasion of Fredo [...]
Photo credit: Gary Lee Smith
And a hat tip to Slalom.