Leadership For the New Millennium
After terrorists attacked New York and Washington, President George Bush told Americans to stay calm and panic, but, most of all, to keep spending money. He suggested that taking out…
Everybody’s a Hero to Their Dog
Heroes. We all have them. We'd all like to think of ourselves as one. (Oh, come on - you don't think Charlie Manson is the hero of his own life?)…
Endangered Species Word Search
Solution Words (Amateur) Sport Arts Funding Brit(ish) Pound Canada Compassion Dissent Dotcom Drug Dealers Equal (Under the) Law French Porn Frequent Fliers Frog Gorilla Honest CEO Kyoto Pact Non-GM Food…
Endangered Species Word Search Solution
Back to Puzzle Try as we might, we have not been able to put DRUG DEALERS, the RECESSION and the POOR on the endangered species list.
If We Took Vaginas Seriously
Since 1998, performances of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues have been the central feature of a celebration called V-Day, a day devoted to raising money for various worthy causes (including…
Hard Truths
The check is not in the mail. He won't respect you in the morning. Hard work and sacrifice may not, in fact, get you anywhere. Everybody dies, including you. Your…
Just Another Doggerel and Pony Show
Ode on A Cretin Spurned Pity the woman who thought a poetry symposium Would be altogether savory, bright and cosy...umm, While her husband led the country off to war. Ah,…
Forget That Fear of Gravity
My mother tells the story of the time she was flying in a small jet that encountered serious turbulence. The pilot came on the speaker and said: "If there are…
Racism is (a Spit) in the Eye of the Beholder
"I'm not a racist, but I'm sick and tired if Jews using the Holocaust to score political points when they want something from the government." What! You're distorting people's arguments…
Blood Donors in Love
When I saw her lying in the bed next to me with the needle in her arm slowly draining the blood out of her, working over the wad of crumpled…
People You Don’t Want to Spend a Lot of Time With at Parties
You don't want to spend a lot of time with Leah McLaren at a party. She'll spend so much time telling you how fabulous she is that you won't have…
Nothing To Fear, But…
"Mister Jenkins?" "That's right. Mister Rotunda? Mister Florian Rotunda" "Yes?" "What can I do for you, Mister Rotunda?" "I...I don't want to live in fear any more." "I see. And,…