Monthly Archives: September 2009
Truckers just drivers, not fighter jocks
A piece in this week’s New York Times finally lit a fire under my butt to weigh in on the whole distracted driver issue. It cited representatives of the trucking industry and its 18-wheelin’ brotherhood making claims that truck drivers … Continue reading
Filed under spleen
Small thought for so small a creature
One of god’s humble creatures offered me a gently moving reminder today of how much at the mercy of human thoughtfulness — or perhaps more to the point, thoughtlessness — all of surrounding creation lay. At my workplace, there’s an … Continue reading
Filed under man bites bear, meaning of life
Torture is truly relative
The News & Observer published a letter Friday in which the author, Raleigh resident Don Paschal, justified the torture of prisoners in armed conflicts on the grounds that information obtained from such interrogation was instrumental in saving American military personnel. … Continue reading
Filed under civics 101, man of letters
