Can intellectual pusillanimous wussies be spirited?

September 13, 2016 by Sri 4 Comments

Lying in bed several Sunday mornings ago, I browsed NY Times review of three religious books (or, should it be “books on religion”, to be more politically correct*). One of them titled AGNOSTIC: A Spirited Manifesto caught the attention of my drowsy mind: spirited agnostics?

I know this contribution of mine does not match the gravitas of René Descartes who, also lying in bed, developed the Cartesian coordinate system after observing the movements of a housefly.

* Please await my soon forthcoming post on the phrase “people of color“. Thanks for your patience.

The GOP . . .

July 19, 2016 by Sri Leave a Comment

is in trouble. So, what else is new. There is an old song that goes well with title of the NY Times article. In this case, the threesome are the people and the nominee – who in love with himself, counts for two.

Clowning with a cartoonist

December 30, 2015 by Sri Leave a Comment

I had the pleasure of meeting of Kevin Kallauger at the 2013 Baltimore Book Festival. He was then a political cartoonist for The Economist; previously he had worked for the Baltimore Sun.

Was there “life” before internet?

July 12, 2015 by Sri Leave a Comment

I guess so!