Homo Colossus
As I pluck ants from my indoor plants, where they’ve taken up refuge from the ongoing drought in search of moisture, I can’t help but wonder what constitutes a body? Seems like a dumb question with an obvious answer. The …
June 2022
Nonrenewable Products
As I write this, most varieties of crude oil trade over $110 a barrel. Gas at my local pump approaches $7 a gallon. The grocery stores have learned to spread the handful of unwanted products they have in stock two-deep …
The Bureaucracy as Machine
When my new driver’s license failed to arrive, I spent about four hours trying to reach a human being who could rubber stamp the act of sending a replacement. Four hours of automated menus, hold times, connections to other departments, …