At 3 o’clock on Memorial Day, in collective consciousness, we remembered, honored, thanked, and mourned those who are no longer physically here with us. Among those with the most heartbreaking memories were the 1,600 children who’ve lost a parent in Afghanistan or Iraq. Nearly 150 of those children gathered this weekend at a grief camp …
Monthly Archives: May 2006
Busting “Da Code”
If you think that the uproar over The DaVinci Code has nothing to do with you, think again. Do you think that folks are jumping up and down, screaming and waving their arms wildly, simply to alert the rest of us that a novel shouldn’t be read as non-fiction? Are there any literate adults out …
O X Y MORONS, You’re Killing Me!
Why is that whenever you buy a new car, suddenly you notice more cars on the road that are the same make and model? After writing about X and Y chromosomes, more news reports about them are catching my eye. One of my favorites was truly a breaking news story: scientists have linked X and …