Mum’s the word…
In Poor Richard’s Almanac, Benjamin Franklin wrote: “Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.” His point being that as a general...
Words that Get Up and Walk.
As a writer of detective fiction, Raymond Chandler is known for being more interested in the atmosphere he was creating than in the tale...
Freedom from the Press?
Public opinion and freedom of the press recently came up in a conversation I had with a good friend. After our discussion my curiosity...
Shortcuts
Imposing order on chaos seems to be a deep-seated need in humans. So too, making the complex simple; or at least having the complicated...
Handy Hearing Ears
Research now indicates that the “old saw” about bartenders and hairdressers performing the role of “shrinks” is not just a tired cliché...
Too Soon, Too Late, Too Often
My grandmother used to tell her young grandsons that she could pin a glass of water to the wall. It seemed that each one of us in turn...