What kind of food are we growing? — My neighbor’s corn grew another six inches last night. I know that sounds a bit outlandish, but I swear every time I look at his corn, it is significantly taller than it was the last time I looked. In our neck of the woods, there is an old saying that…

As they say, the only constant is change — Comedian George Carlin once quipped that he is an “entropy fan” in one of his routines, meaning that he enjoys watching the system come apart. Entropy is the 2nd law of thermodynamics and states that, in nature, there is a tendency for any system to degenerate into a more disordered…

The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing New Hires — “Have you seen Destiny recently?” I asked my co-worker Lyonel. “No. I haven’t seen her in a week or more” was his reply. Destiny was an old student of mine who got hired to be a cashier at the home improvement store that serves as my side gig to my…

Teaching the Kia Boys — The city in which I teach, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is in the midst of a record-breaking year for car thefts. 2021 set the record for the most car thefts in that city with approximately 10,500 thefts. Of those 10,500 car thefts, only 11% resulted in an arrest. Often the car thieves…

Giving birth to the bizarre — Capitalism, in one form or another, has been around for a very long time. Historians generally assign the start of modern capitalism to the 16th century, replacing the feudal system of the Middle Ages where bartering was the mainstay of trade. I won’t bore you with the effect the Crusades…

All of this is so sadly predictable — Here we go again. The bodies of the dead children in Texas are barely cold, and already conservative politicians are sounding the warning not to use this as a reason to pass gun legislation. Sympathetic politicians and dignitaries are offering their thoughts and prayers for the families of the dead…

This is not your father’s NRA — Guns have been a part of the American landscape since this country was founded, and for a century or so before that. As a matter of fact, guns have been in North America for as long as the white man has. Guns were a tool, a tool for killing animals…

Companies wade into the rough and salty seas of abortion politics — It was bound to happen. In the face of the inevitable overturning of Roe vs. Wade, companies are scrambling to figure out how their human resources departments will handle this curveball. The overturning of Roe vs. Wade will hand the decision on abortion to individual states to decide. Some states…

It’s the stuff of life — Have you ever heard someone say they have no regrets? Or maybe you are one of those people who has convinced themselves they have no regrets. I’ve seen bumper stickers and signs that say things like “Live With No Regrets,” or just simply “No Regrets.” Hogwash. Show me a person…