by Harvey Mudd | Feb 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
The impeachment has come and gone. Trump, as anticipated, was not convicted. He crows that he was acquitted. He wasn’t acquitted in any moral or factual sense. He did what he did and everyone knows it; he is guilty as charged but the Republicans put on a show...
by Harvey Mudd | Aug 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
Once “melanoma” was diagnosed, I was directed by the dermatologist to the big public Hopital Saint Louis of the assistance publique system that is stigmatized as “socialized” medicine and dreaded by the Americans – an irrational fear, rather like fearing the devil,...
by Harvey Mudd | Aug 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
The decals of instruction on how to break the windows and escape from the TGV carriage in case of a wreck have upset a little boy sitting across the aisle. The graphic shows a figure striking the window. He tries to peel off the decals with his little fingers. His...
by Harvey Mudd | Aug 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Vanity to the rescue. I decided to inquire about the price of removing a large “age spot” on my face. Feeling lightly embarrassed by my interest in such a project: men of my age are expected to have such things, badges, if you will, of life spent....
by Harvey Mudd | Aug 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
I started the day thinking about what it means to be insane and ended up going the park. The question about insanity came up because the defense attorney for the Norwegian mass murderer called his client “insane,” as if that would not only explain his action but would...
