The “what if” game goes like this: One person dreams up wild scenarios and the other person imagines how he’d respond to those scenarios. Difficult choices are involved. “What if,” I might say, “you had to choose between blinding yourself and setting your dog on fire?” You might ask whether I meant legally blind or […]
Published at Technorati British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking’s recent statement that extraterrestrials “might exist in massive ships, having used up all the resources from their home planet” has mainstream media reporters clutching their pearls. The Christian Science Monitor ran a photo of the sitcom alien puppet Alf with its article about Hawking’s comments and, two paragraphs […]
A friend of mine who’s my age but whose health is less perfect than mine pays over three times what I do for health insurance and his out-of-pocket expenses are considerable. The unkindest cut, though, came yesterday when his primary care physician informed him that she’s joined a national network called MD VIP. This means […]
