Tag Archives: miscellaneous

I Have a Bone to Pick with the Food Chain

Posted on November 24, 2025 by JMN

In a neighboring town I glimpsed a lone cow in a chute back of a meat processing plant. She was staring fixedly at something unidentified off to my right, heedless of my passing. Only one outcome was left for her. … Continue reading →

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THERE Be Dragons — Blue Ones!

Posted on August 28, 2025 by JMN

“We still don’t know exactly what we’re dealing with here… But given the warming of the Mediterranean,… we’re not ruling out that in the coming years we will once again confront situations that we’ve never dealt with.” (José Luis Sáez, … Continue reading →

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How Do You Say ‘Drill, Baby, Drill!’ in Putonghua?

Posted on August 15, 2025 by JMN

“Chinese scholars… absolutely dominate research in the following fields: materials science, chemistry, engineering, computer science, the environment and ecology, agricultural science, physics and math.” (David Brooks) China cheers cheeky America’s fossil fuelish folly. Here’s why: China leads global production in— … Continue reading →

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How Fare the Wayfarers, Fled and Fleeing?

Posted on December 25, 2024 by JMN

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The Thruster’s Emblems Are the Rocket and the Tower

Posted on December 16, 2024 by JMN

The modality of our moment, roused, rising, risen, nigh on full erect, is that of the Thruster. As it poured that small thought into a word mold, my self asked, “What’s the modality contrary to the Thruster?” Answer: the Chameleon. … Continue reading →

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Where Dems Fell Foul of the Electorate, On Charcoal, and Living in the Moment

Posted on November 16, 2024 by JMN

“We were never anywhere other than where we were.” (Ben Tarnoff) Now and then I let the me called self remain unsure of something when I know full well I could resolve doubt with a peek at the internet known … Continue reading →

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer: The ‘Death of God’

Posted on November 3, 2024 by JMN

I’m working my way through the archive of the BBC4 In Our Times religion podcast as a means of taking distance from the moment. As it happens, history crowds the moment. An episode from 2018 recounts that 3 weeks before … Continue reading →

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Calling All Cat Ladies

Posted on August 18, 2024 by JMN

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‘More Than 90 Percent of Them Were Loaded’

Posted on August 6, 2024 by JMN

“Last year the [U.S.] Transportation Security Administration intercepted a record number [of firearms] at airport security checkpoints: 6,737. More than 90 percent of them were loaded when they were discovered.” (Andrew Keh, “An Olympian’s Awkward Packing List: Toothbrush? Check. Rifle? … Continue reading →

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Survival of the Fiercest

Posted on August 4, 2024 by JMN

Various scriptural matter I read has the theme of the “test” through adversity. Failing the test consigns a person to The Fire — agony until the end of time. Flood, drought, pestilence, persecution, war, Vance, all manner of affliction are … Continue reading →

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