Every goddamn day: 08/18/26

     There is an old Yiddish tale that goes like this:      A village man comes to his rabbi and says, "Rabbi, I have a problem — my ho...

       Lately, it seems the news has quieted down. The daily Trump disaster? Almost muted, a muffled din far away. The war in Iran, even mor...

     God, this is SO depressing...      Are we doomed to chew over the same old bullshit FOREVER?      I was up early Saturday — big day, ha...

     Cold sinks. Heat rises. But why? A bright boy such as myself should know. It's because ... ah ... guessing ... with warm air, the m...

     An EGD reader asked me what books I've been reading during my convalescence. Good question. I'm working on my own book, about t...

Charles Martin Hall statue at Oberlin College (Photo by Gary Cohen, '11, used with permission of the Oberlin Alumni Magazine)      Augus...

          With time on my hands, I thought I would catch up on my movie viewing. I don't remember ever actually watching any of the Marx...