I'm a golf nut. Retired and playing 5 times a week. About 200 rounds last year--not bad for someone playing 100% of his rounds in New Jersey. But despite all the action, I still manage to play to a handicap in the high teens.
I write lots of letters to the editor and op ed pieces. I've had a letter published in The New York Times--and I was lucky enough a few years back to get a full page My Turn article in Newsweek. I've had hundreds of letters published in local newspapers--and have had tens of dozens of op ed essays and guest columns published also.
I also do crossword puzzles, much to my wife's dismay at night. I do at least one NY Times Sunday sized puzzle every day. (In pencil, with lots of erasures.)
I have become an agnostic activist because I truly think the world would be a better place if we all acknowledged our agnosticism. I believe, if you will excuse that seemingly incongruous expression, that everyone is an agnostic. It's just that we agnostics come in two categories--those who acknowledge that we don't know the answers to unanswerable questions; and those who pretend to know. That latter category includes the theists and the atheists (two sides of one coin)--both of whom suppose they know the answers to those unanswerable questions.
Sat 14 Dec, 2024 08:11 am - [quote="nacredambition"]
Hiya & higher Frank.
I think Edgar was just indicating that he didn't want to participate in a polemic discussion in a lighthearted thread whilst... (view)
Fri 13 Dec, 2024 06:44 am - [quote="nacredambition"]
When did the verifiable facts of evolution become a blind guess?
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I read the OP's response to your question...and question that response. I... (view)
Mon 2 Dec, 2024 11:58 am - [quote="hightor"]
Yikes.
Reading through the comments, I thought this one was insightful:
[quote="EFh, Louisville KY "]
With the world’s arsenal of thermonuclear... (view)
Mon 2 Dec, 2024 08:15 am - Very, very scary article in today's New York Times about the realities of nuclear war...and what attempting to make it a "limited one" would bring.
Here is a link to it.... (view)
Mon 2 Dec, 2024 08:08 am - [quote="Region Philbis"]
[size=150]Joe Biden pardons his son Hunter[/size]
[url=https://www.axios.com/2024/12/02/joe-biden-pardons-hunter-biden](axios)[/url]
nice... i was hoping... (view)
Wed 27 Nov, 2024 09:54 am - Without a doubt, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Lots of great food, good conversations, exciting football games.
Many of us have had a rough stretch these last few weeks. I hope the... (view)
Sun 24 Nov, 2024 03:35 pm - [quote="edgarblythe"]
Evolution
Atheism
Religious belief
Spam for dinner
Clams and oysters
Politics
Sushi
Cheese
Electric cars
Football
Gnus
Telescopes
Any others?... (view)
Sun 24 Nov, 2024 02:34 pm - [quote="edgarblythe"]
Don't misinterpret what I wrote on my last post. I said early on that I welcome everybody to comment here. I just wish for a bit of respite from what I've... (view)